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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20th, 1947
Congratulations
We extend to the churches of the village
and vicinity our hearty congratulations on the
reports shown at their annual meetings.
Churches are not run for money. Neither can
they be run without money. We are fortunate
in having fine men for our ministers. Church
workers do about the most important work we
know anything about. Were the churches to
shut up shop there would be a recession to
barbarism that no hand could hold back. The
stronger and richer the life of the church, the
more wholesome is the life, of the people. At
the same time churches do well to pay whole
hearted attention to the purpose of the church.
We used to hear a good deal about there being
a heaven to be won and a hell to be shunned.
We can stand a good deal of that sort of thing
this very hour. To those who tell us that there
is no such an experience as being cast into a
place where the fire does not die and the con
science knows no peace, we’d like to say: do
not take any chances! To those who believe in
heaven, we say, in the words of Christ: Where
I am there ye. shall be also! We need to hear
over and over again the stern words: Be sure
your sin will find you out. We have seen some
who were overtaken by their sin and the sight
was a terrible one. We commend to every
church member the conning of the words: What
sort of church would our church be, if everyone
in it were just like me?
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Palestine
The very mention of the word Palestine
gives one the creeps. We shiver as we think of
the possibility of what may be the outcome of
the unhappy state of the land that .little de
serves to be called the Holy Land in her pres
ent condition. It there to be a holy war? Is the
whole of Asia and the whole of North Africa
to blaze out in the fiercest war the earth ever
has known ? Will those Palestinians keep on
quarreling till civilization as we know, it per
ishes from the, earth ? Who knows ? Why is it
that the people who gave the world Moses, the
giver to the world of the Ten Commandments,
and David and Solomon and Isaiah and Paid
and Christ cannot love their neighbor as they
love themselves ? Why is it that the Moslems
who have put the world in debt to them forever
for their work in astronomy and mathematics
and chemistry and building cannot stop to think
long enough to see the folly of war? Why is
it that the land over which the angels sang of
peace on earth, cannot once more beat its sword
into a plowshare and practice war no more ?
Must the tragedy of Sodom and Gomorrah be
repeated? Who will show us the way out?
Some are telling us that the only solution is
for Palestine to spend twenty-four hours under
the Mediterranean.
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Getting On
When the rest of us are wondering what
the Jap of the gods will shake out to us, Russia
seems to be getting tilings done, her people
being quite warm and well fed and sufficiently
clad. Some people tell us that Moscow is in a
much better condition than London. That may
all be, but we have not cast longing, lingering
looks to Russia as a place to live in. We do not
consider that land as a good place to bring up
children. While London may be doing some
shivering and lighting herself by candle light,
she still has the sermon on the mount and the
Ten Commandments. In the midst of her severe
hardships Britain shares what she has with
those less fortunately situated than she is.
Russia may be increased in goods but Britain
lias her soul.
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Hats Off And Three Times Three
England seems to have weathered another
terrible crisis. Everyone knew that her manu
facturing work was throttled by the desperate
coal shortage due partly to mismanagement on
the part of the government and partly to the
unwonted season of bad weather. Sternest self
denial and sternest self-discipline have been
elements in the recovery. The government ask
ed her people to turn off the electricity when
not demanded by instances of absolute neces
sity. When the hour came the English turned
off the electricity, no matter how important it
was to have the electricity for some .particular
private instance. With incredible heroism the
miners toiled and the sailors braved the tur
bulent seas that coal might be supplied to es
sential industries. At present writing it looks
as if the tide had turned for England’s econ
omic welfare. Difficulties less spectacular but
no less teal than those of the days of Dnnkirlc
have been overcome, And it is the British peo
ple who have achieved the victory,
That New Frontier
Alexander is said to have wept because
there were no more worlds for him to conquer.
For a while, as we saw the western provinces
under control we were saying that we bad pass
ed the. last frontier. It appears that we were
mistaken. Every night we get word of the
great things being done in the Arctic regions.
Every so often we. hear of new sources of wealth
abounding in that rugged region. Indeed our
young men will soon hear the call, ‘'Go north,
young man!” Our schools and colleges will be
giving students a new course in northern possi
bilities and actualities. Already military men
arc seeing that the Canadian north land is of
immense importance, to the welfare of the race.
Men still living thrill to the stories of ad
venture in the early days of the western prov
inces, The day is near when one of the major
problems of Canadian government will be her
work within the Arctic circle. We may as well
get ready therefor.
Self Help The Only Way Out
China is bent on learning everything the
hard way. Britain and Canada and the United
States have done their very best to make that
great nation a going concern, However, the
more those well intentioned nations try to help
the Chinese, the more determined they are to
go their own helpless way. The more their
neighbors try to lift and push and pull in that
unhappy country’s behalf, the more it seeks
the quick sand. The most hopeless nations are
the nations that do not help themselves and
who persistently reject the timely and wise aid
proffered by those able and willing to put them
on a sound footing. Till China resolves to help
herself, all we do in her behalf
condition worse. The missionary
master- are the best friends of
land.
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but makes her
and the school
that unhappy
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Speaking of the snow removal difficulties
under which some of our cities and provinces
are labouring at the present hour, why does
not our Board of Public Works come to the
rescue of all concerned by loaning our efficient
snow removal outfit? Exeter should not be an
isolationist.
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are
We’ve heard it before, but it rings truer
than ever today. Time was when an efficient
farmer had to be skilled in soils, crops and
live stock. Now he must be a master of gears,
ball bearings, switches, fuses, carburetors and
scores of other mechanical devices if he wishes
to carry on without seeking too much outside
help.—St. Marys Journal-ArgiSs.
* * * *
National Disaster Threatened
Within the past week the world has sudden
ly become aware that England is facing a na
tional crisis that threatens to develop into dis
aster. The economy of the Old Country is en
tirely dependent even in average times, upon
the productivity of her industries. The impor
tance of production has been vastly intensified
since the end of the war by the fact that hex*
foreign exchange and credits are bolstered only
by what she can sell. A shortage of coal for
industrial use was pinching the national econ
omy to the breaking point when unprecedented
snow storms struck the British Isles three weeks
ago, making delivery of coal to the electrical
power stations and factories almost impossible.
The result of this complicated tie-up is, as
usual, hardship for the already overburdened"
but gallant British people. Few in this country
have any real conception of the universal pro
gram of stringency which has been imposed
there, in an effort to meet export committments
and to feed the starving millions of Europe.
Food, clothing, fuel and housing accommoda
tion have been desperately scarce, and now
millions of workers are out of employment un
til the factories can reopen, housewives
forced to do without electricity most of the
' time.
We sometimes feel that all too little sym
pathy is felt for the British peoj^le, mainly be
cause they have not made any noticeable fuss
about the hardships they have suffered. The
best meal that a Britisher can possibly obtain at
present would hardly be considered as a light
lunch in Canada or the United States.
It seems tragic that these people who are
still enduring so bravely are the same who stood
alone at Hitler’s very door and dared him to do
his worst—at a time when war meant fighting
with bare hands against a ruthless and superbly-
equipped enemy.—Mil dm ay Gazette.
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Prospects For 1947
On the whole, 194-7 looks like a less jittery,
scrambly year—-like a more settled and reason
able year. There is some danger even that Am
ericans will slip back into comfortable complac
ency. They are tempted to measure 194-7’s pros
pects too much by the quantity of goods prom
ised rather than by the quality of good will re
quired. Observers declare famine will still stalk
over many lands, while millions of refugees
long pitifully for homes, This year will not be
lacking in its calls upon compassion. But it
should afford a calmer, quieter opportunity for
applying Christianity and democracy to the long-
range adjustments which arc still required for
real peace-making at home and abroad.—Chris
tian Science Monitor.
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A magistrate in Lindsay is so disgusted
with the number of cases of drunken motorists
coming into court that instead of the seven days
Usually meted out be Intends adding one extra
day for each month in the year. For instance
for February two days arc added; for Marell,
three days. By the time December rolls around
a sizeable detention will have piled up', which
will not be so well for Christmas and New Year’s
Eve offenders.—Mitchell Advocate.
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IO YEARS AGO
The Exetei* Arena was opened
to the public for skating for the
first time Tuesday evening.
The question of a licensed pool
room for Exeter is agitating the
minds of both .the citizens and the
municipal council, Mr,
ton, of Forest, has
store recently vacated
field’s Hardware
several tables.
A large crowd
the James Street
day evening
beef supper
W.A. Following
choir put on a varied program in
the auditorium.
The Balkwill, builders and con
tractors of Exeter, have been
awarded the contract to erect a
fine residence, up-to-date in every
detail
ation
Bend
Mr.
Montreal staff at Hensail has been
transferred to the Zurich
to take the place of Mr.
who has been transferred to
treal.
and
Nelson Stat-
rented the
by Linden-
has set up
present alwas
Church on Tues-
when a hot roast
was served by the
the supper the
BRINSLEY
Death of Wesley Fierce
Word has been received in the
neighborhood of the sudden death
of Wesley Pierce, ‘formerly of
Brinsley, and of later years, residing
with his sister -May, of Montreal.
Mr. Pierce received lus education
at S. S. No. 6 McGillivray Town
ship and was well educated and a
great reader. The late Mr. Pierce
was the son of the late Moses and
Rosa Lea Pierce, of Brinsley. He
is survived by one brother William,
of Toronto; also three sisters, Rose,
May and Pearl, of Toronto.
Rev. Mr. Trueblood
Watson rendered a beautiful <
in Brinsley United Church on S
day last entitled “Light of
World, Eternal and Divine.”
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Glenn
Arkona, called on friends in
neighborhood on Friday last.
Mrs. Joe Amos spent Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Buchanan, of
Ailsa Craig.
Mr. and Mrs. Mode Amy, of
ter, spent Thursday afternoon
Mr. John Trevethick, Sr.
The neighborhood will be
to know that Mr. Roy Gleen,
has been confined to
Hospital, has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi White spent
Wednesday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Hodgson.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morley,
Gordon and Kathleen, spent Sun
day evening with Mr.
Gordon Allison.
Mr. Sammy I-Iodgins,
Man., is spending a few
his uncle, Mr. Wlm. Hodgins.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Stanley ’Steeper,
Mr. and Mrs. Levi White, and Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Morley, spent
Thursday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Alonzo .Hodgins.
'Mr. Garnet Pierce, of London,
spent the week-end in Brinsley.
Mr. Norman Amos, of Guelph,
and Ernest, of Toronto, spent the
week-end at their home here.
Mr. Carl Trevethick, of London,,
spent the
ents, Mr.
hick.
Mr. and
‘don, spent IFriday evening at his
home here.
Mr. Jack Rosser, of Ailsa 'Craig,
spent Wednesday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Amos.
.nd Wesley
duet
■Sun-
• the
Of
the
Exe-
with
glad
who
a London
and Mrs.
of Pratt,
days with
week-end with his par-
and Mrs. James Trevet-
Mrs. Roy* ‘Lewis, of Lon-
for a London
is in Maple
North.
Hughes, of
lady. The loc-
Grove, Grand
the Bank of
Branch
Bartlett
Mon-
Mr.
of
15 YEARS AGO
Fred Ellerington, son of
and Mrs. Fred Ellerington,
town, while playing with .some of
his brothers on the balcony of his
home on Tuesday, the railing gave
way and he fell to the ground a
distance of about 1,5 feet. He was
rendered
found he
skull and
Melba,
and Mrs.
met with a serious accident on
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Whiting
was engaged in sawing logs and
the children were playing on the
logs when the logs rolled and the
little .girl was crushed between
two of them. She was suffering
from internal injuries but is now
improving nicely.
On Monday evening the Masonic
Hall was filled to capacity, the oc
■casion being the official visit of
the district deputy Grand Master
Rt. Wor. Bro. L. R. Coles of Hen
sail, to Lebanon Forest Lodge
A.F. & A.M. No. 133.'”A number of
Visitors from the surrounding
lodges were present.
The Sunday
United church
of bringing a
ment to town
ning. The artists were Mr.
Powell, organist
of
London, his wife, Mrs. Anna Bew-
ell, soloist of the same church
and Mr. Wallace Graham, -enter
tainer, of Toronto.
unconscious and it was
had suffered a fractured
other bruises.
little daughter of Mr.
Earl Whiting of Usborne
a serious
afternoon.
in sawing
School of Main St
had the distinction
high-class entertain-
last Wednesday eve-
Arthur
, urgajuoc and choir leader
Talbot Steet Baptist church,
25 YEARS AGO
Miss Lila C. Taylor," daughter
of Mr. .Robt, Taylor, of Zion, who
is fast gaining for herself a repu
tation as an artist, held an exhi
bition of her paintings in Senior’s
hall on Friday and Saturday last.
This was Miss Taylor’s first exhi
bition of her work in Exeter. Her
.paintings were mostly taken from
nature scenes. Miss Taylor is a
pupil of McGillivray Knowles, of
Toronto. ,
Mr. W. J. Beer was in London
Tuesday and Wednesday taking
some advanced work in connection
with Masonic work.
Miss Gertrude Winer left Mon
day for Kitchener to take a posi
tion as milliner.
Messrs. R, N. Creech and J. M.
Southcott were in Clinton on Fri
day last attending a meeting of
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TWENTY-FIVE PENSIONS
APPROVED IN HURON
Twenty-six applicatipns were con
sidered by the Old Age Pensions
and Mothers Allowances Board of
Huron County at the monthly meet
ing at Goderich Thursday of last
week. Twenty-three were for old
age pensions, one for blind pension
and two for mothers allowances
All ibut one, ifor old age pension,
were recommended.
The number was the second
largest to be considered for a year.
On one othei’ occasion, there were
27.
W. R. Archibald, Seaforth, chair
man of the ‘board, presided. Other
members present were John L. Mc
Ewen, Wroxeter; Mrs. N. W. Tre
wartha, Clinton, and Mrs. F. ,R.
Redditt, 'Goderich.
Follow-
the visi-
an elab-
Clinton
of the
Huron County publishers,
ing the business session
tors were entertained to
orate luncheon by the
publishers.
The Epworth League
Main Street Methodist church held
a most successful ’ valentine social
Tuesday evening. Several instru
mental and vocal numbers were
given and Mr. W. H. Johnston
gave an excellent .talk on Valen
tine. The principal item of inter
est was a debate "Should the mod
ern woman make the advances”.
The affirmative was taken by
Misses Rose Lamport, Greta Maw-
son and Edna Follick. The nega
tive was taken by Benson Tuckey.
Howard Dignan and Lyle Statham
The young ladies were the win
ners.
was ,a grand success,
given by the Rev. C.
Hensail on the “Black
his own experience
Indians of our great
with
50 YEARS AGO
The “At Home” held under the
auspices of the Young ,People’s
Chapter of the Trivitt Memorial
church in the school hall on Mon
day evening
The lecture
F. Mills, of
feet” and
among the
North West, was listened to
the closest attention. The Davidson
Orchestra rendered selections and
the young people provided refresh
ments for all. Revs. Dr. Willough
by and Mr, ILocke gave short ad
dresses.
The first hockey match which
has taken place in Exeter’s new
rink came off on Tuesday evening
Exeter won ,by six goals to five.
The two mile race for a silver cup
and the championship of Exeter
took place at the conclusion of
the match which was won by John
Spackman.
Mr, Fred Elliot for some time
connected with the law firm of
Elliot and Elliot left on Thursday
for Nelson, B.C., to accept a 'simi
lar position with his brother John ‘ - - wniMr. McKenzie, of Toronto,
take his place in Exeter.
A. large number of people
surrounding towns were
at Crediton on Sunday to Witness
and take part in the opening and
dedication of the Evangelical
church there. The dedication ser
mon was preached in German by
Bishop S. 0. Breyfogel, of Read
ing, Penn. The service in the af
ternoon was conducted by , the
Bishop in English, This is one of
the most vigorous and prosperous
Evangelical congregations of West
ern Ontario and the beautiful new
church will be a standing monu
ment for ages to come.
from
present
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Two million or more motorists from
the States visit us each year . . .
thousands of them just for the beauty
of our Ontario countryside. Let’s see
to it that our hospitality matches the
perfection of our lakes and hills.
Every tourist
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Hotels; 2.Stores;
3. Restaurants;
4. Taxes, etc.;
5. Amusements;
6. Garages.
Tef’s make them want to come back!”
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...
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from tourist «.
business as from
gold mining. It’s
up to us to keep
this business
growing.
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