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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-03-06, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 6th, 1947 • Cxeter ^ime^ ^lhljocate Times established 1873; Advocate estaimsnen i&m amalgamated Novemimi .<- = PUBtUSHW EACH THURSDAY MoRXlM. AT EXETER. ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoteu to uiv interests of the Village of Exeter and fc>urfounding instrivt Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Jssocia. «<>i» Member ot the OntarioQuebe* Division of the CWNA AU Advertising Copy Must bp. in Our Hands \m Rater Than Noon on Tuesday* SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 a year, in advance; six months. Jl.uo three months 60c J, M. SOCTHCOTT - 1HTIL1SHER THURSDAY, MARCH 6th, 1947 Have Labour Unions Failed? Have labor unions failed to keej) the pur- pose of the unions fairly before their members ? In its early days labor unions aimed at increas­ ing the efficiency of their members in order that the laborer by his increased efficiency might be a larger and better producer. The aim was to have the best jobs and the best workers getting, as a fair exchange, the best pay and by doing so have the whole life of the worker im­ proved, This worthy ideal was not always kept before the workers. Emphasis came to be laid in the worker’s food and housing and clothing with the result that the -worker came to think of himself as a -wage receiver rather than as a wage earner. Inevitable” the worker ceased to be the high grade efficient producer the com­ monwealth required. We know what followed. The business world demanded certain products of the -worker. Britain must have these if she were to supply the world market. Not having goods to offer in sufficient quantity her trade fell off. With falling off of trade the pay en­ velope of the worker became emptier propor­ tionately. The whole national life of the Em­ pire was emperilled. What has been the bitter expeirence of Britain is coming to be the ex­ perience of Canada. The United States is being asked to take an increasing share in carrying the white man’s burden in doing the internation­ al policing of the world. This moment the United States is sadly owning that she is not ready to take up the responsibilities that world events have laid at her door step. . What is to be done about it ? First, trade unions and all such leaders must be got to see their opportunity and to rise to it. Every work­ man must be led to see that unless he produces abundantly he’ll soon be utterly jobless. Worse still, he’ll not only be jobless but the slave of a power that actually produces. Second, the iron string of self-reliance must be heard again. The stern plain face of duty must be seen in every pulpit and school and store and office and farm holding. The time for getting this done is pass­ ing swiftly. All must realize that production of the goods which the hour requires must be got under wav at once and not merely next week. The race has come to be desperately swift and breathtaking. Woe to man or nation that kneels when it should leap or that stops even to tie a shoe string. * * * * That Palestinian Problem For a while the world believed that the British government was saying, “We cannot manage the situation in Palestine. We’ll give over the whole thing to the United Nations. Quite lately Britain said that had the United States played ball the muddle would even now be well on the way to being cleared. Give us your good will and do not confuse matters and we’ll do the job, they seem to be saying just now. In any case it looks as if the British gov­ ernment did not know -what Palestine required. "We are not at all sure that the present govern­ ment knows what to do about it. That the Jews are in dire straits over there in Europe no one denies, “Give us Palestine,” they cry out in agony, “and all will be well.” The Moslems re­ ply that they were in Palestine before the Jews ever set foot therein, and add that they will precipitate a holy war before they’ll budge an inch. The main difficulty with the labor gov­ ernment is that they do not undersand either Jew or Moslem. Both these oriental nations are not understood by the British government. Till they have a fair conception of what those orien­ tals really desire, the British government must flounder in the trough of the sea of internation­ al politics. Those who listen most earnestly to the Jew as he pleads to be returned to Palestine say that if he were made a going concern in that land he would make his possession of that country a stepping stone to world domination. The Jew still'believes with all his heart that “the king who reigns in Salem’s tower shall all the world command.” This claim is not music in the ears of other nations. The Jew tells us that he -wants but his own, but that own is the whole earth. Further, the Jew once was established in Palestine but by intrigue and over-reaching he lost his possession. The fear is that the Jew would be up to his old tricks were given what he now asks for. * * * * Reserves The people of Britain were persuaded to believe that this present .winter would be a mild one. In this belief the Britishers failed to lay in their usual supplies of coal, either for domestic consumption or for manufacturing purposes. These good Britishers cherished the wrong idea with the result that factory wheels came tp a stop, producing plants were unable to function, dynamos stood still and traffic was left unhaul­ ed, The shivering population crowded about hearths that were fireless,. Still further, during the war years money was in everybody’s pock­ et,. while the old maxims about the need of pro­ viding against the inevitable rainy day, follow­ ing the ant’s practice of providing for winter in the time of harvest, went unheeded, when they were not openly sneered at. Hence the number of empty pockets. All British reserves are at a frightfully low ebb, though the aver­ age man won’t admit the fact but mutters some­ thing about muddling through, Folk may’ treat the situation as gaily” as they” like but the econ­ omic laws are as inevitable as the law of grav­ itation. We may as well admit that there is a stage in human experience -where belt tighten­ ing can got not one notch further. That stage reached, starvation and death follow. Britain’s reserves are. not all gone but they” have reached a point where every” atom of coal and every” penny’s .worth of food must be conserved and used for essential purposes. In Canada we need to be doing some tall thinking. A scarcity” of dollars may” be nearer than we care to admit. We are well aware that we are looked to say “hush! hush!” but there is a pricking in our thumbs on this point. When the danger to which we refer comes, it will come like the crash of nineteen twenty-nine and it will show no mercy. * * * A A Fine Game We have just come in from witnessing one of the finest games of hockey” we ever have looked upon. The rink was an improvised one. None of the players claimed membership in any” of the major leagues. Not a single player was a professional, not one of the participants was over fourteen years of age. There was not ad­ mission fee charged, No seats were reserved for spectators. Not a cigarette and not a beer bottle was to be seen. But there was fun and down­ right hard playing. There was shouting such as is done only’ by those who triumph. There was happiness unalloyed. A lustier and happier bunch of youngsters would be hard to find. We never saw a better exemplification of the good old rule that there is no fun like the fun one makes for himself. Aftei’ all, play” is something one does for his own sake. We’ve played such games and we know how piping full of fun they U PC.» * M That Storm Just as we were congratulating ourselves in having experienced a temperate winter, the north and west sent us a storm that made us realize that we are not altogether out of the winter belt. We talk as of equipment of one sort and another wqre sufficient to make us superior to wind and snow and ice. Such talk is but mere pastime. We still have the four sea­ sons. Simetimes the winters are a little more severe.than other winters but the mildest win­ ter is severe enough. Dobbin may be scorned in the summer but he is sure to be needed in the winter. We should not forget.that we,may have a cycle of stormy winters that will set us back a notch or two in a number of ways. Exe­ ter has reason to congratulate herself in not really suffering from the ravages of the storm that has just passed. The temperature never was below zero. The winds never were destruc­ tive. The village never was isolated from essen­ tial services. Neither hydro nor telephone nor radio failed. The streets and sidewalks were passable at all times. Schools and churches re­ mained open although the attendance has drop­ ped on different occasions. We cross our fin­ gers as we say this, knowing that the winter is still young. The coal man is smiling but the rest of us are hoping. What Other Editors Say Some of us are prone to overlook the splen­ did record of practical achievements of the Women’s Institutes. The first Women’s Insti­ tute was formed at Stoney Creek, Ontario, fifty years ago this month. Today the Women’s In­ stitute is the authentic female voice of the rural sections of this country. It is a great power for good and carries out many” worthwhile public activities.—St. Marys Journal-Argus. * * •» * • Province Should Foot Bill Simcoe County Council is devoting one and a half mills of the county tax levy this year to take care of expenditures in Children’s Aid work. Two members of the County Council told Midlanders the other night that investigation had revealed that the drink traffic was the chief contributing cause to the delinquency” of par­ ents and the consequent suffering and neglect of children which make the work of the Aid Society necessary. The Council is consequently asking that the provincial government, which derives the tax revenue from the liquor trade, should pay a much larger percentage of the cost of operat­ ing the Children’s Aid Society, The cost to Sim­ coe this year will be $75,000. The province of Ontario is contributing the pitiful’ sum of $1500. Why should the property owners of Simcoe have to pay for nearly all the cost of wrecked homes and human waste, while the province collects millions from its 'evil partner­ ship ? If all the cost to Ontario in broken lives, smashed homes, mental breakdowns, displaced children, crime, accidents, and loss of produc­ tion due to the drink business were added up the total would be staggering. All ideas that there is any profit for the province of Ontario in permitting the sale of intoxicating drinks would be speedily dispelled. Instead the balance sheet would show a terrific deficit. We shall, however, continue to be in the red until some day the people decide that the cost is too great to offset any imaginary gain.-—Midland Free Press Herald. it your nose ever fills ’MM. up with stuffy tran-«R^\ 4 sient congestion— next time put a little Va-tro-nol in each nostril. ’Quickly con- MMIl gestion is relieved, breathing is easier. Va-tro-nol works right where trouble is to relieve distress of head colds. Try it| Works fine! You’ll like it' V88KS IO YEARS AGO A capacity house gave an enthus­ iastic reception of the first open meeting of the Senior Literary So­ ciety of the high school in the Main St. Church Wednesday evening. Their own seven-piece orchestra un­ der Howard Klumpp gave several selections. The president, -E. Bus­ well, gave the opening address and Jack Moise read the current events. The program was as follows: vocal duet by Helen and Anne Morgan; vocal trio by Grant Taylor, Jack Moise and Murray Moore; cornet solo 'by Donald Oestreicher; quar­ tette by Pauline Follick, Hazel El­ liot, Ethel Kydd and Eileen Webb. ■Members of the orchestra were H. Klumpp, D. Oestreicher, iM. Wolfe, R. Dinney, G. Brooks and J. Brint- nell. Miss Eileen Lewis was the winner in the sonnet contest. The play, “The Bishop’s Candlesticks,” was presented under the direction of Miss Zetta Mark. English instruc­ tor. T^ie first hockey game in the new arena was played qn Monday eve­ ning when Dashwood and Exeter played to a one-one tie. The ice was not in the best condition. Mr. Wan. Gossman, of the Lake Road, near Grand Bend, returned Saturday evening from a hitch­ hiking trip to Montreal and Ottawa. The Department of Highways had a -snow plow working on No. 4 High­ way on Thursday for the first time this year. Mr. Wm. H. Partlo is remodelling the 'People’s Gash Shoe Store fix­ ing u-p the interior in a very attrac­ tive manner. Miss Flossie Hunter, .as local leader from the Exeter Women’s Institute attended the instruction class in Hensail recently on “Refin­ ishing of Furniture.” Miss -Hunter last week gave instructions demonstrations in the Town to the local members. W.O. Towns Buy Airport Buildings War Assets Corporation Friday announced the sale of 16 buildings from the former Royal Air Force training station at Port Albert near Goderich to provincial municipal authorities an announced prices. It is understood purchases provincial departments were made on behalf of municipalities and some will be used for hospitals and educational purposes. Hangars and a number of larger buildings have not yet been released. Buildings sold include tai to the Department on behalf of Goderich, house and post office to garages cju ar tors ters to building to Ailsa •Crait,, missioned officers’ mess to Luck­ now, works and maintenance build­ ing and depot service garage to Department of Public Works. -Other •buildings sold include ground in­ struction school, control tower, three dormitory huts, non-commis­ sioned officers’ quarters and can­ teen, work shop and the dental clinic. All buildings sold are to be re­ moved from the station within 60 days and the sites restored to their original condition. the hospi- of Health the guard Wingham, to Huron County, civilian to Kirkton, officers’ quar- Mitchell, headquarters '.g, non com- and Hall 15 YEARS AGO A community meeting was held in the public, library Friday evening sponsired by the Exeter Oh-amber of Commerce. The -president, Dr. J. H. Browning, occupied the chair. A short program was carried out con­ sisting of community singing led by M. W. Telfer, accompanied by H. K. Eilber, of Crediton; vocal duets by Messrs. Jas. Francis and Gerald Skinner; reading by H. O. -Southcott. The guest speaker for the evening was Mr. R. L. Stratton, of London, president of the London -Chamber of Commerce and Superintendent of the Bell Telephone Co. for the Lon­ don district. A large corwd attended the an­ nual Seed Show which was held at Hensail on Friday afternoon. There was a splendid showing of grains and seeds. Dr. Campbell, -president of the Association, was in the chair. Prof. Squirrel, of the O.A.C., Guelph, was the chief speaker. .Mr. Jack Paisley, of the Exeter Branch of the Chainway Stores, spent the forepart of the week in Toronto on business. A few farmers have tapped their trees and report a fair run on 'Sat­ urday and Monday. Two new transformers of in­ creasing capacity are being install­ ed close to the present hydro sub­ station. 25 YEARS AGO The Exeter-Zurich team was de­ feated in Kitchener -on Wednesday of last week by the score of 6 to 2 and the locals were put out of the O.H.A. for this year and Kitchener goes to the finals this week. The Exeter-Zurich team started out right in the N.H.L. on Monday night at the Dome rink when they ‘trimmed the Lucknow team, win­ ners of the north group, by the score of 5-1. Miss McDonald, who recently sold her millinery business in town to Miss Yelland, has taken a position in Paris. ELIMVILLE ’•Several from this community at­ tended the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Institute held at Thames Road church recently. The Young People’s Bible -Class and Senior Girls’ Class held a skat­ ing party recently at Exeter. They came to the church for lunch after. The Farm Forum was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin ■Skinner with 15 members present. They had a review on "What the Forums Say.” The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johns. The discussion will be "Have Farmers a Stake in High Wages.” The Day of Prayer was observed by the W.M.S.* and W.A„ on Friday, Feb. 21st, The meeting was held at Mrs. Allen Johns’ with twenty- one ladles -present. Mrs. Franklin Skinner and Mrs. Jackson Woods presided over the meeting, using the World’s Day of Prayer prog­ ram. Mrs. Harold Bell sang a solo. "Beautiful Garden of Prayer.” Mrs, Everett Skinner and Mrs. W. Routly took charge of the business session. The next meeting will be held at Mrs. E. Skinner’s which will be the Easter meeting. Miss Ruth Skinner brought u-p some business pertaining to Red Cross work. TUNG—BROWN The marriage was solemnized the United Church parsonage, Thedford, of Eva Kathleen Brown, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Emery Brown, of West Wil­ liams, to William James King, of Thedford, son of Mrs. King, of Cornwall, England, and the late William James King. The young couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hodgins, of Parkhill. Rev. Sidney E. Larman officiated. Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. .and Mrs.'James King left for a brief honeymoon, after which they will take u-p temporary residence in Sylvan. in ® jpg nf J J Jj TORO behind your telephone The biggest construction programme in our history means there’ll he more behind your telephone. Moro lines, switchhoards and buildings are being added. This means telephones for people now on the. waiting list. It also means that the ever growing number of calls will go through even faster. 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The following articles were packed and shipped to head office in Toronto in 1946: hospital supplies, 306 articles; army, airforce and seaman’s com­ forts, 25 articles; British civilian, 39 5, 8 large quilts, one single-bed quilt -and layettes. ■Officers president, dent, Rev. E. R. presidents, Mrs. A. Scott;. 3 crib quilts, and four elected were: Honorary Miss E. Bowey; presi- Stanway; vice- M'rs. J. Cornish and Ham; secretary, Mrs. W. ____,. treasurer, T. H. Berry; auditors, J. K. Cornish and Scott; advisory board, Rev. E. Stanway, R. 'Scott, (L. Hill, Watson, 'J. K. Cornish Burdge. Smiles MB LASTING BKIGiTKSS It’s common sense to buy General Electric Lamps because the constant aim of G-E Research is to make lamps ever butter and to make them stay brighter longer. at- "I hear you’ve been to a school for stutterers. Did it cure you?” "Peter Piper picked a peck -of pickled -peppers.” “Why, that’s wonderful!” “Yes, but it’s d-d-darn­ ed hard to work into an ordinary c-c-conversation.”SO YEARS AGO The entertainment held in Presbyterian church on Friday ning years, duets solos lake; instrumental duets by Messrs. W. D. and G. Weekes; and readings b”” Mr. McCilb-m. The committee in charge was Misses. Bawden, Martin and Weekes. A number of local skaters went to Lucan Thursday evening to attend the enrni’al there. Miss Edith Sanders is the millinery openings in Toornto. Miss Horne,’ Miss Miller and Mrs, D. Spicer are attending Gio ery openings in London, ? The contract for the new sc1i,s”) to be built In the village of Dash' wood, was let on Thursday last to /tended the Liberal Conservative As- IMt, Henry Wlllert. 7 floatation meeting held at Zurich on Walter 'Feto> of Centralia, hau Tuesday. the eve- forwas the most successful The program consisted of by Mr. and .Mrs, J. P. Ross; by Messrs. Senior and Stan- recitations by Miss Stewart: Two old maids were making their (plans for .the Christmas season. Younger Old Maid: “Mary, do you think that one long, wide stocking would hold all you want for Christ­ mas?” 'Mary: “No, May, but a pair ct men’s socks would.” '■ moved to Wisconsin where he is - taking charge of a cheese factory, I One day last week Wm, Bagshaw, of Stephdn, while boxing in the gymnasium at the clihton Collegi­ ate Institute, received a se ere blow which resulted in a broken nofle. Miss May Gill w - elected presi | dent Of the Epworth League of th< \James Street Methodist Church last .week. \ A large number from herd ... . • * — •**'CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC ” LIMITED '