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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 1946
Why Is This?
Overseas a number of airmen who are wait
ing to be returned to Canada were not satisfied
with the conditions under which they were car
rying on. The food, they said, was not what
they wanted and their stay in Britain, accord
ing’to their way of thinking, unduly prolonged.
'As a consequence of their dissatisfaction, they
laid down their tools and refused to carry on.
The government told these airmen that their
conduct was likely to be regarded as treason
able and that it would be so treated did they
not return to their duties within a specified time.
The men took up their work. Over there in New
York the tug boat men, dissatisfied with their
labor conditions, threw down their tools though
their doing so caused no end of inconveniences
and loss. Authority urged these men to return to
work but all to no avail. There was a steel
strike that involved the same principle. Yet
those strikers snapped their fingers under "the
noses of the government and were not molested
though the nation’s business life was seriously
interfered with. By what name are we to call
the action of those strikers, if similar action on
the part of the* airmen is called treason? We
should like the legal men and the moralists and
the social workers’’ to come to our aid.
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A New Set of Barons
Some time ago there was a class of men
in the older countries called barons. These men
took advantage of one condition after another
till they got into their hands sufficient power
to defy king and people. The result was op
pression. so grievous in England that good nidn
declared that Christ and His saints slept. Later
We had a class of people not only in Britain but
in America, who so manoeuvered and manipu
lated the necessities of life that they dictated
what they paid to labor and to governments
and kept all supplies essential to health, such
as oil and steel and all clothing under their own
thumbs. The resit was oppression in another
form but whatever the form this oppression took
the suffering was acute. During the last few
years we have noted the emergence of a class
of men who are the heirs at law of all former
oppressors as far as the control of life’s neces
sities is concerned, These men have taken ad
vantage of one situation after another until they
have secured the control of the terms under
which their, fellow citizens sell their labour. We
are witnessing their conduct now. Government
urges the labor leaders to have their followers
return to work. They reply by a snap of their-
fingers and walk out from conference with
government with arms akimbo. Again we ask
what word fitly describes the conduct of these
men. Are not those men who lead men to op
position of the government of the day sitting
in the seats of the barons of the older day? Yet
governments permit this sort of thing and the
.average citizen suffers and his elected repre
sentatives in the government smile serenely and
people suffer hunger, see their saving melt away
.and allow ^their freedom to be thrown into the
, sea of anarchy.
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1 Argentine
Argentine did not come clean in the war
just concluded. Indeed, if she did not afford aid
and. comfort to the enemy her conduct was the
nicest imitation of that sort of thing we know
anyhing about. Just now she is muddying the
waters of international peace. Another war may
be on the horizon. Meanwhile the United States
professes to be well informed on that whole
subject but declines to* take any action. The
ugly serpent of Nazism is curling and hissing
out its venom but the nations seem not to recog
nize the evil of lier conduct. The principle of
the sluggard who said when confronted by a
stern duty, “A little more sleep, a little more
slumber, a little more folding of the hands for
sleep/’ seems to represent what is going on in
tlie national capitals. Argentine knows the reluc
tance with which the nations will attack her
for her deplorable conduct, and perfects her
nefarious plans, meanwhile.
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" Difficult
The United States is finding her task in
getting things’ running smoothly in Germany
a great deal harder than she expected to find
it. There is a good deal more in starting a peo- *
pie on the upward trail than merely urging"
them to be good boys and girl% We Believe in
the appeal to reason and, when it can be wisely
done, in stooping to conquest, Returning good
for evil undoubtedly is the prevailing strategy
when the policy is carried out in the right way.
People do not change their gods In a day* They
are not made over from Nazism to being free
citizens in a decade. What is inherent in the
bone does not come out in the flesh. Lord Mil’
ner reconciled South Africa and changed her
from being Britain’s keenest and most hard hit
ting enemy into being her warm friend and gal
lant. ^*id valiant supporter'. At least he started
things that way. But there are few anywhere
like Lord Milner and few there are among the
Germans of the sort of General Smuts. The
United States is a master at producing machin
ery, but, then, nations are not transformed by
mechanical methods, It is still true that “The
heart aye is the part aye that makes the good
or ill.” *
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Try This
Some clever folk tell us that the average
American consumes three thousand calories per
day of food. Now, we don’t know just what a
calorie is but we understand that it is a standard
of the nutritional value of food, or something
like that. It seems that the average Briton,
under present circumstances, consumes two
thousand calories per day. On the continent
of Europe it is contended that the average citi
zen consumes one thousand calories per day.
All very good you say, but put it this way, how
ever. You have just put on your plate your al
lowance and are squaring yourself ' for a fine
half. Old man Necessity is at your elbow and
scoops up one half, worse still, two thirds of
your supply. Would you -like your expression
photographed under those circumstances ? Let
old man Necessity keep up this practice for
seven days in the week, every day in the year
‘for three years, for five years. Apply the same
principle to your clothing.. Try it out for a
month and then report. Then get this well into
your mind, one half the race is not only not
receiving one thousand calories per day, but is
facing starvation. Better think about this and
remember that those wise weathermen are tell
ing us that we are faced by a.very bad summer
of plant arid animal life. “He that giveth to the
poor, lendeth to the Lord.” Surely the security
is sufficient. We are told- that they who possess
ed food and gave the needy none of their .boun
ty were given a hard’ time. Let us wake up.
Haggling never filled an empty stomach.
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Those Subsidies
When the war was on, the government in
sheer defence of freedom, subsidized certain
enterprises. Munitions simply must be had. No
time could be allowed to be lost. To delay in
production meant defeat, loss of all that healthy
minded men held clear..Haste was of the essence
of the time. When the war was over returned
* men must be rehabilitated. Again, no time was
to be lost. A measure of that urgency continues
with us. Still the day is here when new circum
stances are emerging. We canriot exist nation
ally half self-supporting and half dependent. We
must, if we would survives work steadily to
wards the day when every herring hangs by its
own head. We are not in favor of sudden with
drawal of subsidies but we are in favor of the
reduction of thos subsidies as quickly as pos
sible, consistent with the maintenance of the
production of necessary articles. All govern
ments are in duty bound to serve notice to all
and’ singly to this effect. In saying this we /are
in accord with two principles. First, “human
nature has a destructive tendency to hustle the
less the moment the necessity for hustling is
withdrawn. Second, the government that sugar-
dacldies its people soon finds time for little
else. Dozens of nations have rotted out because
these principles have been overlooked..
* * *
Bungling Again
It is alleged that government information,
intended only for the government, has leaked
out. In other words, some party or parties are
alleged to have committed treason. The first
bungle is in the employment on the part of the
government of employees who can be bribed, ,
coaxed, flattered or wheedled into treasonable
conduct. Next, the blunder has been made^of
making public such nefarious conduct before the
allegedly guilty parties were apprehended, ex
amined and generally cared for. To let a thief
know that he is undei’ observation is to invite
him to cover up. Next, the investigation should
have been left to those whose business it is to
detect Crime and to capture criminals.
They Give the Secret
France and Belgium lie side by side. In
many ways each country has all the natural
advantages for prosperity and good living and
for contributing to national and international
welfare. Yet France is in a mess, any way you
take her.- Her business is down at knee and heel.
Her social life is anaemic. Her moral and spirit
ual and educational life are poor affairs. Pol
itically she is torn with dissension. No matter
what way you take her, she is a tottering, limp
ing concern. Belgium is prosperous—she pays
her way. -She seeks and is finding an ever-
expanding and a more vigorous and profitable
life in every department. A commission was
sent to inquire the cause of her well being. The
answer was given in a reply that rivals Big Ben ’
for resonance—■“We work.” She does not con
fer nor get big' conventions together and await
the report of royal commissions, She simply
sees what’s to be done and does it. She has no
respect for hand-outs.
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Uet me wear my country’s nylon, and I care’
not who cats its Butter,
■» * * «
Half a Bloch, half a Block onward,
On to the Nylon sale rushed the four hundred I
Grabbers to the right of them, grabbers to the
left of them • .
Scrambled and tumbled—noble four hundred 1
10 YEARS AGO
Traffic on ths highway north and
south of Exeter has beep at a stand
still for nearly a week as the road
has beep, blocked, Tuesday of last
week a large caterpillar plow open
ed the highway south and on Wed
nesday north of Exeter but on
Thursday another severe storm
came up filling in. the opening leav
ing the highway worse than it had
been before,
A well attended public meeting
was held in the Town Hall Wednes
day evening of "last week to consider
the erection of a public building to
be used •for skating and other rec
reational purposes, and also for the
indoor exhibits at the Exeter Fair.,
A committee of seven was, elected
to secure plans and estimates to be
submitted at some future meeting.
Mr. Calvert Chambers has token a
position in* London with
stone motors.
The (C.G.I.T. under the
of Miss Flossie Hunter
Stevenson assisted with the services
in James Street Church Sunday eve
ning. Miss 'Grace Strange presided
for the opening exercises and assist
ing her on the platform were 'Misses
Laurene .Beavers, Dorothy Traquair,
Jean Appleton, Helen Westcott^ahd
June Taylor. ,
the Van-’
leadership
and Miss
Hay Council
The annual meeting of the Hay
Municipal Telephone ‘System was
•held, in the Hay Township Council
Chamber on Monday, February 4th,
at 1.30 pan. Mr. William Haugh act
ed as chairman. The auditors’ re
port for 1945 was read to those pre
sent. Mr. T, H. Hoffman gave an
account of the year’s activities in
his area while Mr. ‘H. G, Hess who
was unable to attend presented a
paper which was read by the secre
tary. 'During the year a 12,000 foot
cable was installed west of Dash
wood, and a new switchboard or
dered ’for Zurich Central. The guest
speaker was Mr. James Vance, of
Woodstock, Ont. He described con
ditions that existed in Princeton
and Inner-kip System of which, lie is
secretary. These systems are on
the lines of ours,
The meeting was then adjourned
and the Hay Township Council be
gan its regular Township meeting.
The following correspondence was
presented: W, F. Hamlyn, re Tele
phone pole prices; Dept, of Lands
anti Forests, re the planting of
trees for windbreakers; Ont. Hydro
lines crossing telephone lines; (Geo.
Feagan, Plowing 'Match; 'Canadian
Ind. Tel. Ass’n; {Ass’n- Rural Muni
cipalities; Dept. Reconstruction and
Supply; Good 'Roads.
The • followings motions were
passed:
That a grant of $100.00 be given
to the Huron County Plowing As
sociation.
•That a grant of $25.00 be igiven
to the South Huron Agricultural
'Society for,stock Show and $10.00
•towards the Seed Show.
That By-law be drawn up con
firming motion re: rate of pay for
Reeve anid Councillors for special
and 20, of that concession
Township be sold anti that
be passed, authorizing the
this wood.
the ’lOlej’h and Council at-
of
and Good,
For Chicks that pay
ORDER
15 YEARS AGO
About 150 students and ex
students of the Exeter High School
attended a masquerade party in the
Opera House on Wednesday evening
of last week. Games including mini
ature golf and dancing followed 'by
refreshments made up a" very jolly
evening.'
.In the recent temperance study
course conducted by the Sunday
Schools throughout Canada, three of ,
the contestants from Huron County I meetings and. for signing cheques,
won prizes in the provincial contest.
They are Miss "Margaret* Taman in
the senior .grade and Gordon Greb
in the intermediate grade, both
from Main Street 'Sunday School
and Miss Mildred Hicks, of Cent
ralia, in the junior 'grade.
The three-act play, “’Paying the
Fiddler,” undei’ the auspices of
the Young People’s Society of James
Street Church was presented in the
Opera House on Friday evening to
a large appreciative audience. Those
taking part were Miss Rubie Creech,
Silas Reid, Miss 'Reta Rowe, Frank
Strange, Utah .Clarke, Miss Ila Hun
ter, 'Garnet Hicks and Gerald Ford.
Miss Pearl Wood and W. R- Gould-
ing sang solog between the acts.
Mr. Wm. Abbott was in Toronto
last week attending a Beekeeper’s
Convention at the Royal York Hotel.
1
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Clyde Heaman was in Lon'don
last week where he competed in the
athletic trials of secondary schools
of Western Ontario which are send
ing a team to Baltimore.
■Mr. Harper iRivers, who has been
conducting a butcher shop in Lon
don, has sold out his business. z
The .Junior Farmers’ Association
of the Townships of Stephen and
Us'borne held a delightful
in the Town Hall on Friday
Mr. S. B. Stothers, Huron’s
tural ’Representative, was
and delivered an address.
, Miss Ethel Sweet left
morning to resume her (position as
milliner at Tilsonfourg.
The Misses HuSton left Monday
morning for Dunnville to take
charge of their millinery rooms.
Mr. Ezra Haist has (been cutting
ice for Mr. Thos. Willis, of Cent
ralia, on the Exeter pond.
Mr. M. M. Russell on the 2nd
concession bf Hay has purchased the
pasture farm of 100 acres on Blinti
Line,,Hay, from. Mr. Frank Wood.
banquet
evening.
Agricul-
present
Monday
50 YEARS AGO
John Mallet, Jr., has secured a
situation at the Johrison House, Pet
rolia, and left for that place on
Thursday last.
Mr. Will Dignah left on Saturday
last" for Tilsonbur.g Where he Will
commence work in a large carriage
Shop.
Mi'. W. H. Parsons is attending
the Grand Lodge of the A.O.U.W.,
at Toronto this Week,
The Revival services still continue
in both Methodist Churches and are
attended to with unlimited success.
Mr. (S. Lamport, of Crediton, has
purchased the premises where he
is now conducting his barber shop
from H, .Eillber and H. Either has
purchased from L. Hodglns Y lot(
and’ purposes building an office in
the spring,
'Mr. Chas. Greb, the popular hotel
keeper .at Zurich, gave a .grand ball
on Friday eveniilg Which proved, to
be a great success,
Mr. Geo, Stahley has
the hardware business
Which formerly ‘belonged
W. E. arid C. .Stanley.
Smiles ... .
purchased
at Lucan
to -Messrs,
That the iCouncil of the Township
of Hay 'hereby grant the Lions Club
of Zurich permission to carry on
with the bingos for eight or -ten
years. The -Lions Cluib to ’ comply
with the law of the Criminal Qojde.
That Mrs. Fanny Bender Ibe en
gaged as caretaker of the hall for
1946 at a salary of $85.00 ,per year
with rights to demand $1.’O1O -from
each prospective user for each use
of the Hall unless -the Hall is rent-
ed at the regular rates.
That trees on roadway between
Concessions 4 and 5, and between
lots 15
of Hay
By-law
sale of
That
tend the 'Ontario Association
Rural (Municipalities
Roads Convention-
That, payments on Hay Municipal
Telephone System, Roads, Relief
and General Accounts he paid as
per voucher. *
Roads—Alf Reichert $5.60; Hil
ton Truemner 1.40; Harold Horner
1,40; Ro'bt, Adams ,90; Eben Wei
gand 2.20; Leon Bedard 1.60; Al
phonse Masse 57,15; JJpyd Mous-
seau $10.00; Clar, Schade 1:40;’ Hy.
Schilbe 8.00; Charles Becker 2.80;
Leonard 'Merner 1,40; Louis Masse
5'0.80; Jas. Masse 62.10.
(Relief—Mrs. John Suplat $25,00;
A. iHeideman, rent 3.00; Emma
Bassow 8.90,
'General Accounts- — Whilliei* &
Co. 31.75; R. J, Lovei & Co. 12,1£;
H. W- Brokenshire 131.75; Fanny
Bender 85.00; Hay .Stationery 8.75;
Dominion 'Hotel 82.00; Hay Munic.
Tel, System 2,500.00; Treas. South
Huron Agric, 'Soc. $35.00.
Hay Telephone System — C. M.
Rudolph" 3.46; Bell Tele. Co.
341.84; Stromberg, Carlson 968.51;
Northern Elec. Co. 158.97; T. H.
Hoffman 45’0,00; Treas. Hay Twp.
70.00; Automatic Electric 14.31;
H. G. Hess 235.65.
The council adjourned to meet
again March 4tli at 1.30 p,m.
H. W. Brokenshire, Clerk,
William Haugh, Reeve.
No loiter writing. No money orders,
No bother. Just let me know what
you want and when you want it,
100% live delivery guaranteed,
Bray Chick Hatchery
Eric Carscadden, Manager
Exeter Hatchery
Phone 246
with Minatd’s, the great rubbing link
ment, sworn foe of musoular and joint
soreneu, etiffnesa and pain. Use it
generously. It’s greaseless, has no
unpleasant odor, dries quickly. Use it
for dandruff and skin disorders, too.
Get a bottle at your druggist’s
today. Keep it handy on your
bathroom shelf. 125R
ARD’S
LINIMENT
Eczema or Salt Rheum
Eczema, or salt rheum as it is commonly called,
is one of the most painful of all skin troubles.
The intense burning, itching and smarting, espe
cially at night, or when the affected part is exposed to
heat, or the hands placed in hot water are most un
bearable, and relief is gladly welcomed.
The relief offered by Burdock Blood Bitters is based on the knowledge
that such ailments as eczema, and other skin troubles, are caused by an
impure blood condition.
Bring about inner cleanliness by using B. B. B. to help cleanse the
blood , Qf its impurities.
Ask at any drug counter for B. B. B. Price $1.00 a bottle.
• Tho T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. - ‘
We are clearing up deferred orders for telephones
as quickly as it can be done.
Over 50,000 telephones have been added since
V-E Day — the increase in the last four, months
of 1945 was greater than in the preceding eight
months.* « 1
Our programme for 1946 —for buildings, switch
boards, wire and cable, subscribers’ equipment, long
distance- and rural service — will cost upwards
of 30 millions.
Nervous Passmiger; .’'Don’t drive
so fast around the
makes me nervous,”
don’t want to get scared. Do as i
do---shut your eyes when we come
to the corners?’
corners, It
Driver.; “You Manager.
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X M. GOODWIN
W®^et®
e 2,15,
at®Today more than a million Bell telephones are in
operation — but it’s still not enough. Our main
job is overtaking deferred orders for service. That
means not telephones alone* but buildings, switch
boards, wire and cable. We are moving full x
speed ahead.