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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1946-05-30, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 30th, 1946 Cxeter Times 1878; Advocate established IS8J, amalgamated November 1984 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO 441 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 CWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION rate $2.00 a year, in advance; six months, ?i.oo three months 60c f. M*. SOUTHCOTT . “ • PUBLISHER THURSDAY, MAY 30th, 1946 The Division Exercise what hopefulness we may, we must see that the nations are divided into two camps, the Russian camj> dnd the camp of the western nations. Each camp is eyeing its op­ ponent with considerable carefulness. We do not like to find’ ourselves writing this way. Still, if we are going to say anything about world conditions some such words as these are un­ avoidable, Conferences and meeting of those eamps have not got us very far. Statesmen are aging very fast as they think of -what may take place in international affairs. Mothers look at their growing sons and grip their hearts. All of us are living over again the fateful hours of the night before Waterloo. Sometimes we wonder if we are not nearing the fateful five o’clock of the day of Waterloo. Just now we look eager­ ly for some one to speak a timely word. Even as we wait we recall the words, ’’Though one rose from the dead they will not believe him.” In other -words, it is up to every man to put on his thinking cap and to con over the lessons of history till he comes upon this universal prin­ ciples that never fail. If people will but think, they will, in the main, think right. Few drown­ ing men have been saved by stray grabbing. The will-o-the-wisp may blink right bonnily but it has a way of leading into some dismal swamp. « » * * We Wonder In our present mix-up we recall an incident in the home office as the first World War was getting under way. Kitchener saw the necessity of a strict press censorship. As the leaders in the war were considering what was to be done a great newspaper man leered, "I have a certain bit of news that I got past the censors and I’m going to publish it.” Said Kitchener With his face hardened. "If you publish that article it will be the last article you’ll ever publish!” When the newspaperman got to his office he found the military in control. Kitchener had a way with him* Had President Truman said to Lewis, "If you call that strike, it will be the last thing you’ll do!” what would have followed ? But the world has had but one Kitchener for many a day. Should President Truman say to Lewis, "You got us into this muddle. Get us out of it before two hours pass.” What would fol­ low- We have tried appeasement till hunger is stalking with death following close behind and still our rulers confer and confer to the Sicken­ ing point. Why not try action with a little iron in it ? We are trifling ourselves into ruin. » * * And About Russia As the second Great War was going on, the press turned out inky cataracts of literature ’ Celling us of the unheard of and incalculable resources of Russia. Indeed, Eden itself was" but second best to Russia with all its excellences. A few folk told us to ”ca’ canny” as the Scotch 'say, but they were silenced as croakers. Russia was going to big brother us into times and con­ ditions that would make us better off than the poet’s eye in the rolling of its, finest frenzy ever visualized. But now! Teris of millions of men and women are starving and Russia either can­ not or will not lift her little finger to relieve the dire necessity. Worse than all, the rest of the world allows Russia to set the pace in the effort to get things going again. What have we come to, anyway? Fortunately the answer is clear. We have come to be ruled by a ballot box under the control of politicians who know more of wheedling voters than tliey know of getting worthwhile things done .for an agonizing hum­ anity, * * * * "I Don’t Dare Dast!” With a thrift born of the simple life editors ate bound to lead, wc asked our farmer friend to supply us with half a pig that we might have the lady of the homemaking "do down” against the time of flying snow. Our friend sighed deep­ ly and wearily, "Man, I don’t dare swat the rooster if I am going to sell him for fear of breaking some brand new regulation.” These be $reat days, my masters. We cannot but wonder if this thing of regulating the conduct of good ■citizens who do not make nuisances of them- -selves has not gone altogether too far* Most people in this country know enough to run their own affairs and to take care of the citizen who acts contrary to public interest, Folk have a way of thinking that there is something particularly sweet in a closely locked cupboard. John Milton saw long ago that there is little that is praise­ worthy in a cloistered virtue. What About Egypt? Mr, Churchill said some time ago, when he was prime minister ef Egypt, that he did not believe that the British people had elected him to preside over the dissolution of the British Empire, We can, for this reason understand why he is critical of the present prime minister’s action in allowing British troops to be with­ drawn from Egypt and the Suez Canal region. Mr. Churchill sees in this withdrawal a menace to Britain’s life line to India,,Mr, Bevan replies that he. wishes the Egyptian folk to be friendly to Britain, In this way he hopes to find good will a stronger defence for Britain than British arms, Well, Egypt has been running along for quite a while. So far she has not proven herself a de­ pendable nation. She has mussed things up pretty badly for any nation that trusted her. Mr. Churchill knows all about this and is act­ ing in accordance with what he knows. Further, Egypt in modern times, owes more to Britain than to any other nation under the sun. Yet 'true to her history, she wishes to rid herself of her best friend. In any case it will be sound policy for Britain to do no boat rocking till world af­ fairs are more settled than they are this hour, It cannot be said too often that Britain is Egypt’s best friend. For Britain to leave Egypt at this time is the promise and potency of ruin for not only Egypt but for the whole of Asia Minor. But when men of Mr,‘Bevan’s training and edu­ cation and knowledge of history are in control of affairs, anything may be looked for. * * # * Better Tighten up on Those Sentences Four young men entered a store not so long ago and killed the owner of the store. Yet these deliberate killers got off with a sentence less than hanging. If-those responsible men did not mean to kill, why were they armed? Thieves enter a bank and steal the savings worthy folk 'have accumulated with a lifetime of toil. Yet Such gentry are given the minimum sentence. Men are convicted after the fairest trial in the world, yet are parolled only to prove themselves worse offenders than ever. Sometimes plain people wonder what the laws that have stood the test of time are for anyway. Note and Comment Summer’s passing—the dandelions are on their way out.* * » * Some people who ought to know better havebeen insisting on inflation for so long that it seems a pity not to open the flood gates and have it over with. No amount of warning signs keep some people from testing the buzz saw with their very own fingers. We were shouting that President Truman "should do something”-about the railway strike. Let it be noted in this connection that the pol­ itical wolves turned on him the minute he took strong action with the assurance that he would fall by the wayside at the. next election. You see the point, we are sure. What Other Editors Say To Help Feed Europe (Aylmer Express) Smaller servings are part of the answer to the waste problem. Use what flour and cereals you have on hand before buying more. This will release large amounts for the crucial period in the world, the next ninety days. When you use Canada approved or whole .grain flour and bread, you release wheat for the hungry and also get greater nutritional val­ ue for your money. Whole grain and Canada approved flours have a larger proportion of the whole grain than the whiter, finer ground brands. King’s Highways “In the Money” (Clinton News-Record) The long-anticipated and much-needed im­ provements on the King’s Highways in Huron County are at last in the “tenders called” stage, and Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor, M.L.A. for Huron, is wearing a smile that might be used to depict a person who has just completed *a good deal and is enjoying the sensation of having achiev­ ed something worthwhile. In cold facts, the reason is a $4*80,000 ap­ propriation by the Ontario Department of Highways for highway bridges, culverts and surface treatment in this area. And it is care­ fully pointed out that all the improvements .will be carried out in addition to the regular main­ tenance work this summer, It looks as if there will be work for a small army of men during the next few months, Of chief interest in this immediate district is the decision, at long last, to proceed with the construction of a new bridge over the Bayfield River at Bayfield on King’s Highway 21, more familiarly known as the Bluewater Highway. According to Dr. Taylor, this bridge will be of reinforced concrete construction and will be erected at a higher level than the old structure and on a slightly different location* Engineers of the Department have been working for sev­ eral months on the plans., but a shortage of steel has held up the announcement until the present time. Residents of the Bayfield area* and all others who might have occasion to use the bridge from time to time, will be pleased to hear that the proposal has moved forward to the "tenders called” stage, the cost is estimated at $200,000, but many hold the opinion that this amount may be exceeded by tip to 26 per cent. 1O YEARS AGO At a special meeting’ of the Niagara Board of Education held recently Mr. Howard J. Dignan, formerly of Exeter, was appointed to the principalship of the High School, The Public Utilities Commission have a gang of men at work con­ structing a gallery pn the recently acquired property east of Exeter. The men are engaged in cutting down the hanks and will put in per­ forated tile covered with two or three feet of crushed stone. Mr, A. H. QambriU who for the past sixteen, years has been a book­ keeper for the Exeter Creamery, has resigned and is taking over a grocery business which he recently purchased in London, ' The students at the University of Western Ontario have finished Jtheir examinations for this term and have returned home. They are Grafton Qochrape, .Row© Dinney, G, Greb and Miss Margaret Taman, Miss Gladys Stone has taken a position as assistant operator at the Bell Telephone office. The lawn bowling season got away to a good start with a presi­ dent vs, vice-president tourney on the afternoon of May 25th, In the first round $h® rinks of the vice- president scored but in the second round the rinks of the president had a nine point lead at the finish. 15 YEARS AGO Exeter was well represented in the London Free Press Marathon staged on Monday over a 26-mile course when W. E. Quinn, youthful runner of Exeter, finished the course coming in 30tli, A soft ball league has been form­ ed with Clinton, Lucan, Grand Bend and Exeter. Mr, J. Edgar Thomson, who has been doing graduate work in the Department*’ of Geology at the Uni­ versity of Wisconsin, visited recent­ ly, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomson, of Usborne. He is leaving immediately for Northern Ontario where he will have charge of a geological field party for the Ontario Department of Mines on 'Lake Superior.. The first foot-ball game of the season was witnessed by a large number at the Exeter Agricultural grounds Monday morning between the English and Scottish boys, which ended in a tie, 3-3. 25 YEARS AGO . A lawn tennis and a soft ball league have been formed by several ©f the neighboring municipalities. In lawn tennis there are four vil­ lages represented: Zurich, -Centralia, Crediton and Exeter; in the soft ball league are Exeter, Zurich, Centralia, Crediton- and Dashwood. What might' have been a very serious fire was prevented on Sun­ day morning at the home of Mr. John Elder, Hensall. A spark es­ caped from the stove and lodged in the woodbox nearby. A slfort time after the kitchen was in a cloud of smoke and everything surrounding the stove was ignited. With the as­ sistance of all the neighbors the fire was soon put out. Miss Olive Knight who has been attending high school here, left this week for Guelph where • she will take a course at the McDonald In­ stitute. Mr. John Hunter met with a nasty accident while erecting a windmill for Mr. Nelson. Baker, While stretching a large spring it slipped and the hook on the'’ end caught Mr. Hunter’s left hand in­ flicting a nasty wound. 50 YEARS AGO A grand bicycle tournament took place in Exeter on the 24th, The weather was fine. The Exeter Brass Band was in attendance. Mr. W. E. Browning won the first prize in the special race, Mr. Geo. Easterbrook left last week for Burlington where he will be engaged at brick laying for the summer. Mr. J. N. Howard has engaged the services of a first class electrician from Charlottetown, iP.E.I. The Independent Order of Forest­ ers attended Divine Worship in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday last when the Rev. A. McGillivray THE APPOINTMENT OF McBRIDE FUELS qs Agent For FAIRBANKS-MORSE Automatic COAL STOKERS I & See the model now on display in our show­ rooms. It’s easier and more economical to make installation now.1 MADE IN CANADA When you install a Fairbanks-Morse Coal Stoker you get all the advantages of automatic heating and cut your fuel bills , besides. Thermostat control assures eyen, comfortable temperatures at all times. Furnace-tending drudgery is done away with ... just fill the hopper once a day, when it suits you. Clean heat, too ,.» no more loose, dusty ashes to dirty the house. Fuel bills are reduced because you use lower priced stoker coal, and automatic controls regulate its feed to the firebed only when it’s needed. There’s absolutely no waste. 26-28 FRONT STREET W.,TORONTO preached a very appropriate sermon Over one hundred members were present including several visiting brethren. . Mr. Wm. Bell, of Hay Township, left her on Wednesday last for Liverpool, accompanying Mr. Wm. Murdoch, of Stanley, who is taking five carloads of fine cattle to the Old Country. They also intend visit­ ing relatives in Scotland before they return. Mr. Ed. Gill has moved to Grand Bend where he will engage in fish­ ing. Letter from England To Hensall Lady Following Is a letter received by .Miss Margaret Westlake, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Arnold Westlake. Mr. Thomas Bennet, 12 Rear Albert Road, 'Lancashire, England. April 28th, 1946. Dear Miss Westlake: You may be quite surprised to receive these few lines from the above sender and at the same time wonder how on earth I have been able to get hold of your address. Well, my friend, I will let you know we went to our shop keeper and of course we got our egg ration of which we do not get too many ow­ ing to no fault of our own, and in our rations was one egg with your name and address written upon it, also a date. I thought it to be either February or October 25th but the year was not on it so I said that it must be either late last year or early this year that you wrote it. ’I might say that we in this country have’ been very thankful for the way you and your country Canada have given us a helping.hand during our fight against our common foe. Nev­ er mind, lass, we came out on top after all with the help of your coun­ try and our other good pals over the Sea. We have not done too bad after all during the war in .pthis country of our-—we could have been worse off. What with bombs of all kinds and our food cut down, we had to keep our chins up, or we would have had it, a long while ago. Well, lass, I hope we get some more eggs from Canada and that I find your name on some more of them. Well, I think I will end these few lines wishing you and all in Can­ ada the very best of health and wealth for years to come. Good luck to Canada. I remain, Yours, Mr. T. Bennett. MRS* AUGUSTUS BICE Mrs. 'Augustus Bice died in a London hospital in her 80tli year. Her maiden name was Martha Harmer, dauglier of pioneers of the Ailsa 'Craig district. After her mar­ riage, she moved with her husband to a farm oh No. 7 highway west of Ailsa Craig, spending almost their entire lifetime oil this farm. Recently, they, moved, with their only son, Fred, to a farm near Ilder- ton. Surviving, besides her husband and son, are two grandchildren, Marjorie, on the staff of the Bank of Commerce, Ailsa Craig, and Clifford, student, &t London, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bice. She was an active member of the United Church. Rev, Mr. Clydesdale, of Ilderton, officiated at the service, assisted by Rev. James Blair and Canon Bice, of London. The nail­ bearers were Martin Scale, Lloyd Scafe, Donald 'Lockhart, Laurence MacKenzie, Alton Craven, John Macpherson, Well, what d’you know! TO A HHUON CANADIANS Every Canadian farmer sees prosperity ahead. He knows the world is short of food and food is money. The question most farmers are asking today is “How can I get my share of that prosperity to come?” That calls for equipment—modernization—• possibly new gadgets to mechanize some of the last strongholds of hand labour around the farm. The Bank of Montreal is ready to offer the necessary financial aid to go-ahead farmers who wish to improve or modernize their farm equipment, buildings and lands. Visit your BofM manager today. Discuss your needs freely. He is ever ready to be helpful. Remember, when you ask for a loan at the Bank of Montreal you do not ask a favour. k - Bank of Montreal ; ’ working with Canadians in every walk of life since 1817 TWO AND A HALF MILLION TO BE SPENT IN HURON AND BRUCE John W. Hanna, M.P. for Huron- Bruce, has announced that the On­ tario Government will spend one million dollars .on road construction and improvements in the Huron- Bruce area this summer. With the $480,000 as announced by Dr* Tay­ lor to be spent in South Huron and the close to a million dollars to be spent by the Federal Government on the harbor at Goderich there should be considerable employment and greatly improved conditions in this section of Western Ontario. CHUM I much clothing; get overheated and. cool off too such ■ denly; get their feet wet; kick off the bod clothes, and Mother Not to Blame for the Children’s Colds Despite all the mother can do the kiddies will run out .Of doors not properly wrapped tip; have on too do a dozen tilings the mother cannot help. battle in treating children’s Colds is to give them something they will like; something they will take without any fuss, and this the mother will find in Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup, a remedy used by Canadian mothers, for the past 48 years.Price 35c a bottle; the large family size, about 3 times m much, 60c, at all drug counters. The T. Milburn Co., LiinitOd, Toronto, Ont.