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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1945-08-02, Page 2Page 2 THE T1MES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AVGUST 2, 1345 Exeter (Times established 1873; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1824 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the. Interests of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association; Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the OWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE 82.00 a year, in, advance; six months, ?1.00 three months 60c J, M. SOUKHCOTT - - PUBLISHER THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1945 Those British Elections All manner of reasons are given for the defeat of the Churchill government. For one thing, there has been a seething unrest with the social conditions of Britain. The common man in Scotland has not -forgotten the days when he was crowded out of his meagre hold ings in order that my noble lord might have a deer run. Nor has the Englishman forgotten that for generations it was impossible, prac tically, for him to win and to hold a bit of land that he might claim as his own and thereon build a home. His lordship had inherited the land from a long series of ancestors, the orig inal ancestors being a party who has received the land as a gift for political services render ed. Every year this discontent has been grow ing till in this election, the people of England have said that if the old order does not change itself it will be changed for them. Again, the Englishmen have been caught by the old cry, “It is time for a change.” The electors have felt long possession of office might corrupt the state. -Hence the ousting of the men to whom Britain owed more than it has owed to any men for centuries, The waters of political passion were out and swept everything before them with the power of a tidal wave. Dunkirk is forgotten and Mr. Churchill’s contribution to the safety of the Empire has gone with the winds. Then there was the cry against Mr. Churchill personally. He was not nice enough, some good people said. These same people for got that to appreciate a mountain one must be at some distance from it. The spectator stand ing on the base of the mountain is liable to see only the cracks and crevices in the mountain’s side. So it is with the present generation and Mr. Churchill. As the nation and the world move away from this colossal leader, they’ll realize that history never before saw his like. The mists of passion will then have vanished and the hero of Dunkirk and the saviour of the empire will stand out alone in awe-inspiring grandeur. Britain may yet rue the day she re jected her greatest son. # * * * That Siren The town siren did a splendid job last Wednesday morning. Some of our late office workers were disturbed in thdir labours, it is true, but the sweet sounds of the alarm aided our specially early risers to be out in the gar den or at the lawn cutting a few minutes ahead of their usual practice. Our firemen, too, who always sleep with their boots on and their fire eating equipment laid in regular order on a chair at the foot of the bed were given an ad ditional practice in celerity of town saving. Motorists, further, exemplified their skill in getting the good old bus into the line of effec tive action. All in all, the siren did a fine job. ‘ What is better still, “Exeterites” proved them selves the right sort by getting to the scene of action in something away ahead of record time. By the way, that siren has a special function. Its job is to awaken the citizens of this district to the fact that there is a fire hazard. The sir en should be used for this purpose and for this purpose only. ■» * * * A Good Job While labour may be hard to secure, our Council is demonstrating that hard things may be done. Hence the repairs being made in our sidewalks. We are informed that in places where the walks are badly damaged that they are to be replaced. And while we are on the subject that the entrances to lots where cars are to be used should be made strong enough to resist such heavy traffic. To the credit of our citizens they keep their lawns and premises generally in a state of repair that excites the favourable comment of tourist and. of other travelers. Let us keep up the good work by co operating With the council that is doing a really fine job with the sidewalks. * * * A Good Example We were talking last week with a man who has first hand information on the war situa tion in North Africa during the days when the Allies were being moved backwards nearly every day. Every morning had its story of Al lied reverses. It was at this critical time that the famous eighth army under the leadership of General Montgomery took charge and the tide turned in favor of the Allies* Said this man, “When Montgomery came, everything Was different. We never saw efficiency as well exemplified as it was under him and in his army that had a way of consistently doing what it set out to do. They did what the rules of war said was impossible. The men marched lihe real soldiers. They did everything with the chin PPji with hardihood, with vim, with pre cision and effectiveness, There was nothing blindly mechanical about it, but the men were up to what was asked of them. AU other fight ing men recognized that a new force had come to the situation.. We never saw anything like it in the army or anywhere else. He made his men efficient and utterly confused the enemy/’ There you have it. Montgomery and his men had what the British Empire needs this hour, These great fellows knew what was to be done and got it done when the getting done was op portune,* * * . * We Wonder Our returning fighting men from all branches of the service are being offered train ing for various jobs in civilian life. The num bers reported to be given this training are too big to mention. We cannot but urge the im portance of this move. At the same time we see grave danger unless this training of our men is done up to the peak of efficiency. For one thing the men getting the training must be made to realize that a few months’ training at best will take them but a little way. Men do not learn to shoe a horse in six months. Tinsmithing is in the same caategory, Painters are not made in a day. Skill in farming is not acquired in a few weeks. At the same' time a few elements of the subjects considered may be taught suggestively. In any case the young fellows must be made to realize that they have a hard time ahead of them and that when they leave the leadership of the school the govern ment offers them, they must get into the situa tion where hard knocks and many a reverse will be the order. According to the vim put in to the classes by these young men will be their welfare forty years from now. It is one thing to have the conceit of knowledge but a differ ent matter altogether to be equal to the job the young fellow tackles. * * * * Hardheadriess “ 'Lo here’s” and “ ’lo there’s” are heard on every hand. So, we are telling our youth that Britain is the place to seek the investment of their talent. As young men listen to this call they will be well advised to recall that some of the most practical and effective means of defeating the keen Germans were the outcome of British schools. It will be found that the old country abounds in topnotchers in this par ticular field. Scarcely a science can be named that does not find the best of exponents on Brit ish soil. On the other hand every human in dustry finds good material in abundance under the maple tree. Where finer soil than in On tario and our other provinces ? Almost every day we find mother earth giving new and abun dant , materials from mine and river and lake and forest. All that is required is skill, real skill, for their recognition and development. In every portion of Canada there are jobs at fair pay for everyone who is able and willing to work. Before the first Great War there was no holding of Canadian investors from going to the southern states for investment of life. We left them alone and they came home like Bo Peep’s sheep. After the last war the Am erican eagle -called never so charmingly and 'our youth heeded his wooing. There followed the doleful wailings of those fateful thirties. We know the homekeeping youth is likely to have homely wit but homely wit is better than wit bought at excessive cost. We are a bit disturbed just now and for that reason we are liable to find ourselves looking at distant hills that look so green, forgetful meanwhile that the greenness is in our eyes. * * * * About Time? Isn’t it about time that this selective serv ice way of doing things was abolished to the point of vanishing altogether? We managed to get along without that style of doing things for many a long and prosperous year. Why should it be continued? We are well aware that many persons love to have other people run their affairs. Responsibility is foreign to such natures. However, this class is not the class that leads in enterprise. It has a way of shriv elling up mentally, socially and in every other way where > enterprise and adventure and achievement are required. Just now builders find themselves hamstrung by the interference and regulations of those who have it in their power to say to them, “You cannot buy this, you cannot sell this; you cannot sell your serv ices to this man; you must serve that man,” The citizens of Canada have been doing their own shaving for a considerable time. What Other Editors Say Ip YEARS AGO Exeter did itself proud in its Old Boys* apd Girls’ Reunion. From the north, east, south and west Old Rpys and Giris came trooping home again. The officers and committees spared neither time nor .expense in trying to provide a program that would have an appeal to everyone. The official address of welcome was given by Reeve T, Pryde Mon day afternoon. A charming wedding was solem nized at the home of Mr, and Mrs, F, Gollings, Thames Road, on Tues day, July 30th, by Rev, M. A, Hum, of Trivitt Memorial Church, when their youngest daugher, <S. Bernice, was united in marriage to Lloyd Shier, youngest son of Mrs. and the late Silas N. Shier, of Bryanston. The Standard Life Assurance Company, of Edinburgh, announces the appointment of Mr, George S, Howard as special agent. Mrs. Atkinson has disposed of the dental practice of the late Dr. Atkinson to Dr, H. H, Cowen, of Zurich. 15 YEARS AGO As a result of the voting on Mon day the Hon. R. B. Bennet, leader of the, Conservative party, will be come Canada’s new premier and will be called on to form a new government at Ottawa. Farmers in this community are harvesting one of the best 'crops of wheat to 'be taken off in years. •One of Silverwood’s large trucks was overturned in the ditch 'be tween Hensail and Zurich on Tues day. Fortunately the truck contain ed mostly empty cans and little damage was done. The Exeter Kazoo Band dressed in their clown suits, motored to Strathroy in a truck and took part in the “Old Boys” parade. Mr. Thos. Brock, of Zion, has purchased the residence of the late Mr. Parkinson on Huron street and will get possession this fall. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Dan .Mclsaac, of Orediton, has 'bought a portion of the Bert rand furniture shop and is having it removed to his own premises where he will erect a building to take care of his undertaking busi ness. Mr. Gordon A. McDonell, of Hen sail, has accepted a position as stenographer with the firm of D. C. Hossack and Co., Toronto. The wheat harvest has been started in the'-locality and there never was known to be a more 'bountiful cfOi>? Mr. John Keys, of town, met with an unfortunate accident on Satur day last. He was engaged in getting out timber on Mr. Harry Horton’s farm, Usborne, when the log he was loading struck a stump throwing it against Mr. Keys, with the result that his left leg was broken mid way between the ankle and knee. Dr. Ward, chiropractic, of Lon don, .has taken rooms in the Mc- Donell Block and will practice here, succeeding Mrs. Kerr. 50 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. D. French, after visiting the different houses of re fuge in Strathroy, Woodstock and Brantford, returned home last week with a store of valuable informa tion appertaining to the duties as caretakers of Huron House of Refuge in the near future. The town clock which has been in poor running order for some time was removed to Zurich on Monday by Mr. Fred Hess who will give it a thorough remodelling. Rev. E. W. Hunt who has been spending the past week on the beautiful shores of Lake Huron at Grand Bend, conducted services at Mr. Spackman’S park on Sunday and a very large number were in attendance. The Trivitt Memorial choir was also in attendance and aided in the service. Messrs. Bishop and Son are hav ing an elevator placed in ther al ready well-equipped hardware store. Smiles . . One of the biggest problems facing Canada and Great Britain today is this: How can Brit ain impoverished and devastated by the most costly war in history, buy more goods from Can-: acla states The Financial Post which Suggests this as a partial answer at least: “There are at least a million. Canadians who would like to make a trip to Great Britain. There are thousands of veterans from the First Great War and their families who would like to make that trip. There are thousands more veterans of this war who would like to go back for a peacetime visit, With prosperity in Can* ada these people and others could do so and each visitor would spend from $600 to $1,000 on British transportation and hotel services. Such visits would supply British importers with millions of Canadian dollars to purchase our wheat, bacon, fruit, aluminum, copper, lumber, paper and a host of other products. And the exchange would be made without the loss of a single dollar’s worth of business to any Cana dian factory,” • -'Stouffville Tribune. “Bill's going to sue the compaAy for damages.” “Why, what did they do to him?*’ “They blew the dinner whistle when he was carrying a ’eavy piece of iron and ’e dropped it on 'is foot.” * * * “Was your htisband badly hurt when he was struck by a car, Liza?” “Yassuli, he suffered from con clusion of the brain.” “You mean concussion of the brain, don’t you?” “No sub, ah means conclusion. He's daidl” 4 * * Counsel (cross-examining a farm er): “Now don’t quibble! Do you understand a simplo problem Or not?” “Then tell the court this: “If 15 men ploughed a field in five hours, how long will 30 men take to blow the same field 7” “They couldn’t do it,” “Why not?:’ “Because the IS men have al ready ploughed it!” THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER r THE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD World sugar stocks are dangerously low ... use less —use with discretion HELP YOURSELF, WE CRN GET ALONG WITH LESS? ifUBERfflE®; Citizens’ Committees When Johnny left for basic train ing he may have thought he didn’t have a friend in the world, but when lie comes marching home, he’ll find that a lot of people in his home town appreciate what he’s ^one and want to pitch in and help him get back on his feet. Over 500 Citizens’ Committees— made up of ordinary people, Busi nessmen, church folk, service club members, .neighbours — have been organized in towns, cities and vil lages all across Canada to see that the veteran get a square deal. They know he’s been through a lot and they want to help liim. Tliey want to see that he gets the kind of job he likes, that if he will profit by training he is advised about it, that his family will get the best possible accommodations. If he wants advice, they’ll give it to him freely—on business, economic of personal matters. Quietly and unobtrusively, the Citizens’ Committees go about mak ing life easier for the returned man by helping him in his troubles and lending an understanding ear. One young RCAF1 veteran, taking a course in Toronto, did not seem to be dong so well. His instructors in vestigated. They found that his wife at home had just had a baby, and that he was short on cash to pay hospital bills. A quick call to the Committee in his home town sent a man hurrying to the hospital, where arrangements were soon made to pay for the cost of junior’s arrival, _witli the ex-airman repay; ing the cost in monthly amounts that fitted his budget. In no time everything was smoothed out, and the young airman was going full speed ahead with his studies. Rehabilitation, as the govern ment realized, is a three-fold job, involving the enactment and ad ministration of laws, the deter mination of the veteran himself, and the co-operation of the com munity, which is the part played by the Citizens’ Committees. Committees vary in size from one city to the next. Some have only the one committee looking after everything, others, particularly the big places, have a central commit tee and numerous sub-committees, such as housing committees, church committees, etc. ‘ In dozens of different ways, de pending on the ingenuity and .good- h'eartedness of the townfolk, the Citizens’ Committees do their best to make the returned man feel at home. One community writes -him a letter before lie’s even discharged, telling him what they are planning. Another sends him a certificate of appreciation, a “thank-you” card, printed on the best paper available. Another town sends him a personal letter with ah enclosed mimeo graphed sheet, asking him what he’d like to do and what they can do for him. Another place Waits till he’s been home a couple of -months theft sends him a personal letter to find cut how he’s getting along. In almost every case they find there’s some little adjustment that can be made, some problem — business, economic or otherwise, in which the experi enced men of the Committee can be of service. All over Canada—-in ibig Cities and small villages—when Johnny comes marching home, the Citizens' Committees are on the job to make him feel that his welfare is the country’s first consideration. Styrene, the clearer-than-glass plastic, will soon be produced in Canada for the first time, at the rate of about SO0,000 pounds a month. A Fanner’s Day >My cousin in the city the other day was sympathizing with me on the long hours I had to work on the farm. We all work long hours on the farm now but after the war you will see shorter hours per man ■but more men to every farm. Any way, when we talked it over it turned out not so bad, even the way it is. He spends a full hour on the street car going to work and the same at night coming home. He doesn’t get paid for this time and tells me he has to stand three 'quar ters of the way. That adds a couple hours on his supposedly shorter working day. We get a good meal at noon and even have time to lis ten to a newscast, but he and the other city folk have to stand in line at a restaurant and rush through their meal to be 'back to the office in an hour. Worse than anything, we think, is that he has to sit in side all day anti do the„same thing every hour all week. We are at least outside in the fresh air and if we get tired cultivating one crop we can switch to another—there is plenty of variety in jobs on the farm. When we finished talking, my cousin decided he needed the sympathy, not me. Good Poultry Meat Market Every indication points to a large demand for our poultry meat. Meat rationing is to be reinstated soon and Canadian poultry is being specially packed and frozen for large orders of the U.S. Army. We should all be ready to take advant age of this ready sale and get the best from our flock. What about the colony houses—have you got them on high spots, free from all of this wet weather, with fresh green stuff for the growing birds? This Is the first step in protecting them from diseases and a little time and thought will make a ibig difference in the number and weight Of poul try you have for the market, let’s make the most of them. Hog Market Hog production in Canada has increased very much over pre-war years but dropped off a little last year. However, there still is a good market and the litters this spring were good from all reports. Care of these litters will determine the number of Premiums we market this fall and this is important. Can ada has a good hold on export mar kets now but can lose them wlithin a short time. Denmark will soon be trying for the markets they lost and they can produce good hogs. Our only chance to hold our own is to continually improve the quality of our exports by raising these litters the best we know how. Carefully breeding is essential and steps are being taken to educate every hog producer in this so he can compete with others for the all important export markets. Profits Coming Your Way! IMMUNIZATION WEEK National Immunization Week, sponsored by the Health League of Canada in co-operation with health departments, will he held this year from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, it has been announced by Dr. Nelles Silver thorne, chairman of the Health League’s National Immunization Committee, The - “Week” is devoted to the intensifying of the all-year effort of the League and health depar- ments to promote immunization as a means of wiping out diphtheria, smallpox, whddping cough and scarlet fever-—all of which continue to take toll among Canadian child ren. No joke intended, sir. 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