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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-02-27, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES,AOVO€AT^ EX&TER, QNTARIQ, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 37^ 1947 times established 1873; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1934 PURHSHED 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’ of the Associate#; Member Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Ml Advertising Copy Later Than Must be in Our Hands Not Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 a year, in advance; three months J. M. SOUTHOOTT RATE six months, $.1.00 60c PUBLISHER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1947 What Then? Should Britain’s sons determine not to carry the burden of policing the world any longer? Should storm and cold, and labor agita­ tors throttle the best intentions of Britain’s bravest souls? What then? If Britain should find herself unable to keep her market, what then? Should Canada and Australia and New Zealand quit her practice of sharp bargaining with Britain anti give her of their bounty, direct and unhampered gifts and Britain thereby be enabled tn weather the worst storm that ever has assailed them, what then? Britain asks no gifts. Should she be unable to carry her load without the timely assistance of the other mem­ bers of the commonwealth of nations, what then ? is the further item of what Britain’s army has done to keep plunder-bent nations from raiding the coffers of Indian princes. As India hears the puffing and grinding of the steam roller from the north with the inevitable extinction of all that India prizes, she may long for the red coats that have a way of protecting liberty. As India waits throughout the coming year she may wake from her long sleep and give herself to the only nation that has made possibility for her. * a * w The End of the Circle French folk had a way, at the j epoch, of saying, we have come to the circle. By this they meant that was closed, They said something like this as Louis the Fourteenth closed his reign. They repeated the saying as Napoleon was sent to St. Helena. We suspect that the expression is again to the fore. Some are saying that Brit­ ain’s glory is in the twilight. All we have to say is that if our old and much loved mother’s glory is in the twilight it is the twilight that precedes the dawn. Britain’s strength never was the wealth of the bank of England nor the strength of army and navy and aircraft and commerce but her moral soundness and her spiritual aspirations. England’s greatest son is Shakespeare. Her richest possession is her faith in God. At this moment she throws out her sig­ nal, “England this day expects every man to do his duty.’’ And her sons and daughters will re­ spond and respond successfully. The best days for Britain are the. days that are yet to be. freedom a close of an the encl of ; the epoch IO YEARS AGO The annual “At Home” of the Athletic Society of the Exeter High School was held in the new gym­ nasium on (Friday evening last. Under the direction of Mr» Lome Howey the gymnasium was effect­ ively decorated with the school col­ ors. Lorraine Atkinson and Alta Harvey entertained at intermission with a novelty tap dance. Mr, W. G. -Medd formally presented to the school the cups and shields won at Field Day. On Wednesday evening of last week the men of the town interest­ ed in volley HbalJ set up an organiza­ tion with iMr. Harry Lewis as presi­dent, Rev, b. C, Hill, vice-president and g, B. Taylor, secretary-treasur­ er. •Miss Annie 'Simmons, Reg, N., and Miss Eva Copeland, Reg. N., graduates from Victoria Hospital nursing staff, motored to Albany, N.Y., last week, where they Have gqcepted positions in a hospital there. Miss Helen Penliale has taken a position in the law office of Mr. Jas, Morley, The members of the I.O.O.F. with their wives oi’ lady ifriends en­ joyed a social evening in the lodge rooms Wednesday evening of last week. There were 26 tables of pro­ gressive euchre. Prize winners were Miss M. Day, ladies’ high; Mr. Cecil Laing, gent’s high; and Mr. J. Triebner, lone hands. A short pro­ gram was given by Miss Hazel Smith giving recitations and Earl Heywood singing several selections. * ♦ ■* *■ Gambling Last summer the. British government saw that the present winter was to be a critical one. That government saw that there would be a shortage of coal. There was no reason to be­ lieve that there would be a sufficiency of coal for both manufacturing and domestic purposes. In this critical hour the government gambles that this present winter would be a mild one. Instead this present winter in Britain has been about the severest in her history. So much for the soundness of the judgment of Britain's government. The gamble on the weather is but a sample of the way the government persists in carrying on. * » « « On Her Own * * Those Subsidies and Controls and Such Welcome news was this, that the govern­ ment is seriously thinking of abandoning the giving of subsidies to any business people in any business in Canada. Subsidizing was all very well up to a certain limit as a war meas­ ure. With the passing of the war went the val­ ues of subsidies, as far as the commonwealth is concerned. Every business is the better of standing on its own feet. When any business is tinkered up or kept by leading strings it is not a healthy affair for itself or for the 'country. Robbing Peter to pay Paul adds nothing to the welfare of any land. At any rate, a great many have been suspicious that a colored gentleman has been in every government woodpile. Had Canadians not allowed themselves to get into the control of business that eagerly serviced them into a state approaching helpless depend­ ence, we should be farther in the way to pros­ perity. Business men tell us that they have en­ joyed a period of nest feathering because of the benevolence and paternalism of the govern­ ments. Better conditions may soon be here. For years we bad heard it said that Britain should withdraw from India altogether and leave the Hindoos t© themselves. Last week it looked as if that day had come and that the patient work done in India for 150 years was to be abandoned altogether. Word had been radioed that the Viceroy of India was to be re­ called. The British government had thrown up the sponge, it seemed as fap as India is con­ cerned. Another step was being taken in the way of dismembering the. British Empire. India was to go the way of the Sudan, and of Egypt and Burma. Our king was no longer to be known as the Emperor of India. The dust of ruin was settling, we feared, on the British common­ wealth of nations. Not a ray of really cheering light appeared anywhere. Meanwhile, some said, “We’ll be relieved of paying huge bills’ of expense for governing India. We can have that money for our own purposes. We can still trade with India aiid that is all we want of that divided land. Mean­ while Russia was looking on. She saw the way opening to the riches of India, riches that she sorely needed for world domination. She need ■not hurry now for India’s conquest. That mighty -country she saw falling helplessly into her cof­ fers. Russia sgw no difficulty in ruling India. Her terrible steam roller would soon and easily silence all disputants. There would be but one class in India now, the Russian class. Other nations might complain but Russian persever- ence and Russian armies backed by India’s wealth soon would deal with all that Britain and the United States would be alike helpless. There soon would be but one government on the face of the earth, the Russian government. Such are the Russian thoughts and expectations, but what of the attitude of the Great .Disposer of events? It is not yet too late for Anglo-Saxon- dom to repent, do her first works and suppli­ cate His aid. * * « * Why Not? Airplane accidents ax-e altogether too com­ mon. Officers of one sort and another cannot escape their responsibility. A railroad engineer with a jolly good set of rails under him and an even jollier lot of telegraphers and telephonists to tell him about the condition of the track is still required to take a course of training, not of weeks or months but of years, before he is given control of a throttle, but the pilot of an airplane gets off a considerable sight more easily. The bigwigs have some thinking to do. Why are airplanes So dear and human life so cheap ? Long Distance Bargaining Canada has been doing some long distance bargaining in wheat that has caused some fine people to put the hand behind the ear. Some time ago Canada and the labour government of England entered into an agreement that was to extend over a term of years and that was hoped would prove advantageous to both parties. Both parties seem to have acted upon a tip that hint­ ed that the wheat prices were soon to take a nose dive. Strange to say wheat did nothing of the kind and Canada decided to sell where the prices were better thus leaving Britain short of wheat when she sorely needed that very thing. Now Britain is asking Canada to supply the wheat arranged for. This Canada has been unable to do on account-of the shortage of cars necessary for getting the wheat to the sea har­ bours. And there you are again. When long dis­ tance bargaining works out all right the parties thereto are called shrewd when they were noth­ ing of the sort. They were merely lucky f The future has a way of keeping its secrets, * » # * «* * * * Waiting and Hoping? As details of the Atlee policy regarding India are made public, some .good people are wondering if that policy has in it something of the waiting and hoping quality. People who think in this way believe that India now is laden with the responsibility of settling her own problems and may find her populations real­ izing the difficulties that confront her. First, there is the problem of the different races that have been making faces at each other in that great land. But Britain has done more than the rest of the world knows to keep those races from flying at each other’s throats like widcats. Perhaps these nations will see now that blood­ letting is anything but a pleasant holiday ven­ ture. India may see that this thing of keeping trade moving is no doll’s house affair, and as she sees herself confronted with quickly and steadily lessening business she may look with a new yearning and appreciation for the quiet steady hand of John Bull in her cash register. Then, again, there is the work done for India by the British navy. India has been safe to a greater degree than she or anybody else knows because British cruisers and gunboats have made piracy of one sort and another impossible, There i The centipede when the ice held. When ice hits seems greased for * There’s one satisfaction about such an harder. Note and Comment must have had a time of it our the * * * fine village, occasion. * the ice—one who has had knows that he’ll never fall w » * As our citizens ponder falling on experience the proposed work of the village fathers they cherish the hope that the joys of realization will be greater than those of anticipation. * * « * Enough coal in Canada for the next twenty­ seven centuries is reported by a commission which has been investigating Canada’s coal re­ sources. That should be good news; but the problem seems to be to get the coal where it is needed at a price that people can afford to pay. In brief, how can we got the next scuttle­ ful?-—Goderich Signal-Star, 15 YEARS AGO At a meeting of the Official Board of the James ’St. United Church Monday evenixig it was un­ animously decided to invite Rev. J. H. Stainton, B.A., B.D., of Picker­ ing, to become the pastor of the church succeeding Rev, D. ' ish who has accepted a call Hope. The basement of the Main 'Street United Church was filled to over­ flowing Tuesday evening ifor the annual contest in story-telling, elo­ cution anci oratory by the pupils .of. the Exeter school under the aus­ pices of the Exeter Women’s In­ stitute. 'Mi's. G. Etheringtpn, presi­ dent, occupied the chair, while the contests were .in charge of Mrs. G. .Layton. Choruses by the scholars under the direction of Mr. W. R. Goulding were sung throughout the program. First prize winners were: story telling, Miss Pridham’s room, L. Clarke; Miss Rowe’s room, Coquoline Simmons; Miss Frain’s room, Margaret Clarke; 'Sr. third in elocution, Margaret Melville; for boys in oratory, Grant Taylor; Jr. fourth in oratory, Robena Hunkin; elocution, Jack JBrintnell. The com­ mittee in charge of the contest was Mrs. Layton, Miss. Jeckell, Miss Horton and Mrs'. Browning. Messrs. Frank Strange and .Harry Stanlake took part in a radio broad­ cast from 'CJGO, London, Monday evening, playing selections on the banjos. Mr. Earl Russell is taking a short course at the Kelvinator factory in London this week. Mr. Calvin Chambers has taken a position as mechanic at the Hur­ on garage. McTav- to Port a 25 YEARS AGC This community was visited with rain storm accompained 'by light­ ning and thunder on Sunday. Dur­ ing the afternoon there was a heavy downpour of rain. It turned- colder on Monday and milder again on Tuesday. The Exeter-Zurich 'team lost their first game of the season to Sarnia in Sarnia on Wednesday night of last week by the score of 4 to 2. The Exeter-Zurich team got ;back at Sarnia Friday night at the Dome rink when they put them out of the O.H.A. running by winning the game 11 to 6. On Monday night the fast Kitchener team defeated the locals by the score of 4 to 0 in one of the most thrilling games of the season and before the largest crowd. Miss Mabel Wenzel left Friday for Toronto to attend the millinery openings. Mr. Hy* Strang took the services in Caven Presbyterian church on Sunday morning last owing to the Illness of the pastor, Rev. J. Foote. 50 YEARS AGO The Exeter Turf Club have pur­ chased from Messrs. ’ Dow & .Ten­ nant twenty-five acres of ground south of the agricultural grounds for the purpose Of building a new race track. The Trivitt Memorial church bell ringers participated in an oyster supper at the home of Mr. L. Day on Wednesday evening of last week The much anticipated Jarvis concert was held Wednesday, even­ ing and was a huge success. Mr. Samuel Lee, who has beeii conducting a laundry here for some time, left Saturday for LonJ don. The third, fancy dress carnival of the season was held in the Exeter skating rink on Monday night last and was a great success. Following are the prize winners, national costumes, Mrs. F. Knight, Mrs. Perdue, Miss Gidley; girl’s graceful skating, Vera HawkshaW, Francis Rowtcliffe; gent’s charac­ ter costume, A, Kemp; Jud David-1 son; two mile race, silver cup, John Spackman; potato race, Percy Browning, Milton Hicks, Allen My­ ers Mr. Joseph Case fe opening up a fine display of ready-made clothing in Hensail this Week. St. Marys Pair Wed in 1885 A highly esteemed couple of St. Marys, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Kirkby, last week celebrated 62 years of happy, wedded life. It was Beavers, and Mrs, the bride the late Kirkby. pioneer families of the fourth line of Blanshard Township. The bride and groom were friends from school days, the farms being one half mile apart. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s parents, by Rev. Ezra Farr, then minister of the charge. Mr. Farr died about 14 years ago. Ten years after their wedding,, Mr. and Mrs. Kirkby took up resi­ dence where years, in in the closed, moved tinued home home Mr, Kirkby’s parents. The late Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kirkby celebrated their golden wedding in the same house in 190 4. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk­ by had two children, Wilbert, who is on the homestead, and Mrs, W. J. Anderson, who was present at the 5 0 th anniversary. She died sev­ eral years ago. They have 7 grand­ children. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kirk­ by are enjoying good health. Mr. Kirkby has been an Odd Fellow for nearly 55 years and is a member of St. Marys Lodge, No. 36, I.O.O.F, He has served on the district com­ mittees of Perth District No. 13>, I.O.O.F.,' on many occassions. Mrs, Kirkby is a sister of Mr. B, ,W. F, Beavers, of Exeter. In 1885 that Nancy S. daughter of the late Mx', William Beavers, became of J. A. Kirkby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Both were well-kgewm on the Kirkby homestead, they lived for about 25 They were highly regarded t he community .and active work of Salem Church, now About 28 years ago they to St.Marys. and have con- to live in their comfortable on Wellington street. This was formerly occupied by Smiles ■ • “I want a pound of butter,” “The 'best?” “What was the last I had?” “The 'best.” “Give me a pound of the other.” “Two days without food or wat­ er,” announced the Commando to an admiring audience in the local; “think of that!” “Pretty bad,” agreed a middle- aged man, “but how would you like to have fought in the trenches in Flanders? Sometimes we were up to our waist in ice water and mud for a week -or more.” Speedway Tested For Double Safety That’s Firestone-—Canada’s Number One Tire. Only Fire- tone have proved themselves at the Indianapolis Speedway* It is the tire with tho famous extra yalues that have estab­ lished them first for mileage, safety and value. Drive in and let us put them on your ear . . . they cost no more than the ordinary tire. GRAHAM ARTHUR — Your Studebaker Dealer — TRY A CLASSIFIED! fl' sass IT PAYS! Prayed?Have You Ever WHY NOT TRY THIS PRAYER? God be merciful unto me, a sinner, and save me, for Christ’s sake. 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