HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-04-24, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24th, 1947
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THURSDAY, APRIL 24th, 1947
Mislead?
Word comes that many thousands of
Britishers are. waiting for transportation facili
ties to bring them to Canada. It is stated that
those would-be Canadians have found con
ditions in Britain too hard to bear. There has
bee nclose rationing of food and clothing. The.
average, working man believes it impossible to
earn a home or a business. The future, as he
Sees it. for himself and his family possesses but
few green spots. Hence, his turning his atten
tion to Canada as the land of hope and re
warded effort and a future for his children.
We wonder if an over-rosy picture of Canada
has been presented to him. True. Canada is the.
land where tens of thousands have found pros
perity. But in this regard, it must be remember
ed much of the apparent prosperity has been
capitalized on a shoe lace. In tens of thousands
of cases in business things are not what they
seem. In more instances than one cares to think
of only a celophane partition separates a great
many enterprises from disaster. Of course there
are thousands who have achieved financial
success in Canada. But in such fortunate, in
stances the happy ending lias been brought
about by the untiring efforts of decades. Figs
have not grown on twitch grass nor have peach
es been found among burdock leaves. The
would-be newcomer to Canada may as well un
derstand that he is to begin life over again in
a strange country where he must live in a new
and severe climate where he has everything to
learn and a good deal to forget. He will do
well to count the cost of leaving a land that he
knows for a country where he will be required
to grope his way and to toil and svreat for many
a painful year before he attains his wished for
prosperity.
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At Last!
The Labour Government in Britain has gone
ithe limit in bold daring! It has attacked that
citadel of comfort, the Britisher’s “ ’baccy.” It
has raised the price of that cure- for jagged'
nerves and drooping spirits. The British work
man may be heard exclaiming ‘‘Take away our
’baccy, and what have we left?” Lady Nicotine
has not been dethroned in Britain but the price
for obtaining her solaces has been painfully in
creased, and the Britisher niourns his partial
.separation, from a friend long trusted and un
failing. With genuine British doggedness he is
heard exclaiming ‘‘I’ll not be beaten. I’ll stop
smoking'.” In Canada some bold hard-hearted
folk in authority have raised the price of Jun
ior’s chocolate bar to a disconcerting height—
eight cents for a chocolate bar! He used to be
able to secure them for three for ten cents.
Despairingly, citizens are asking “What next?”
When roused. Junior and Dad make an unbeat
able combination, but governments beware!
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The New* Diplomacy
When Russia was achieving her smashing-
victories over Germany a number of writers
would have had us believe that these victories
were, based on Russian wealth as well as on
Russian valor. Russia herself cherished this
opinion. At the same time we must not forget
that the United States and Great Britain sup
plied the war materials which made the Rus
sians victorious on the battlefield. Russia seems
to have persuaded herself that she was the hand
and brain and treasure-chest that forced de
feat upon the Germans. As a result Russia has
taken upon herself to dominate all the peace
conferences. The United States is meeting all
opposition to the western powers by saying to
Russia, “Please pay your debts.” By the time
Russia has paid her debts to Great Britain and
to the United States she will be more likely to
be convinced by western arguments and to ac
cept western peace terms. There is nothing- like
a little bubble-pricking to bring a nation’s feet
to the earth and its head out of the clouds.
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A Dangerous Procedure
Tantalizing the buying public is a danger
ous game to play. Yet that seems to be the very
thing now being practiced by many having a
product they wish to sell, be that article skill
or merchandise. The motto of these people
seems to be, ‘‘How much can we charge the
public and yet make our sales?’* The buying
public recognizes what is going on and is be
coming resentful. Already, some purchasers are
refusing to buy and are resorting to all manner
of substitutes. Take the matter of purchasers
of laundry soap as a sample. All over this coun
try there are home-makers who know all about
making soft soap. They know how to make and
to use the leach that yields the best of lye. They
are mistress of the secret of gathering* rough
fats, mixing them with the lye they have made,
and of boiling the mass in the back yard into
g consistency that makes a laundry soap hard
to surpass. This year when the price of maple
syrup got out of bounds owners of a few maple
trees rigged up devices of various sorts and
made their own maple syrup, The good old
bake-board plus the home-maker’s skill, holds
down the price of bakery products. These are
but samples of the buyer’s ingenuity in finding
a way round the short-sided practice of charg
ing all the market will stand for either product
or skill.
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Couldn’t Resist
The world of affairs has been tried and
found wanting. It could not resist the tempta
tion to enter into an unholy alliance with Greed,
Grab and Company. Hence the inflation of
prices that gives every indication of leading to
something like disaster. Every thinking adult
recognizes the growing- peril, though compara
tively few are earnestly trying to stave off the
evil day. In spite of the lessons of history and
individual experiences the majority of people
are out to grab all they can lay their hands
upon. Instead of taking the way of promoting
the welfare of individuals and society they have
taken the other road of “Let him get who has
the power and let him keep who can.” This is
an ancient road trodden since the days of Baby
lon and Alexander the Great down to the days
of Berlin and Hitler. Great cities and empires
were built thereon, but fire and flood, without
exception, swept them to ruin. The trouble with
this road is that it is easy and glamorous. The
going is easy at first. The descent to destruc
tion always is easy. However, there is but one
end. As there is but one end, so there is but
one cure and that cure is enlightened economic,
social and political enterprises. Just now in the
midst of the cruel hurly-burly that is crushing
the life out of tens of millions we need to study
life in its great simplicities as set forth by
Burns in “The Cotter's Saturday Night.” In
that poem he indicates the principles at the
foundation of enduring and satisfying living.
The Danger
We have just emerged from a terrible test
ing by flood and storm. In Exeter, cellars have
been well-nigh filled with water and the water
wasn’t always of the cleanest character either.
One hears unpleasant stories in this connection.
Millions of dollars worth of the choicest soil
have been swept into Lake Huron. The danger
is that we’ll forget all about the loss we. have
sustained and the menace we imagine we have
escaped. What is needed is immediate action
on the part of municipalities, counties, prov
inces and federal government. Every home and
every enterprise is in duty bound to be urgent
for immediate action. We believe that Exeter
should lead the way in a crisis so important.
To delay for a week in getting effective action
under way gives every indication of our not
profiting by the. bitter experience of the last
disastrous three wefeks.
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Note and Comment
Madam does some lively stepping getting
the family wash cared for between showers.
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Fine, weather is just around the corner,
they tell. us. Granted—but where is the corner?
A A A
If April showers bring forth May flowers
this province should be a bower of beauty a
few weeks lienee.
What Other Editors Say
Our Imports
Those who talk glibly of Canada’s ability
to produce many times her needs are inclined
to create the inference that we can be self sup
porting.
A glance at the record of our imports of
necessary commodities—necessary if our pres
ent standard of living is to be maintained——
impresses with the importance to Canada of
world trade. Our imports of agriculture and
vegetable products last year were over 310 mil
lion dollars. This included nuts, fruits, rice, tea,
coffee, rubber and. sugar. Fibres and textiles
products of 261- million dollars, included cot
ton, silk, artificial silk, flax, hem]) and jute.—-
Listowel Banner.
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Another War to Fight!
Canada is fighting again . . . fighting a
war against a grim killer that takes the lives
of 14,000 Canadians every year . . . men, wo
men and children. The killer is cancer.
During World War II, 40,000 Canadians
gave their lives in the cause of freedom, and
yet, over the same period, 83,000 Canadians
died of cancer! Cancer is no respector of per
sons, of age or sex. It invades the homes of
wealthy and poor alike, striking down the
breadwinner, the mother, the child. Young and
old are victims. Cancer kills 39 Canadians every
day.
Let us face the facts: One out of every
three persons with cancer may be saved if treat
ed in time. Fear keeps many people away from
their doctor until it is too late; ignorance plays
its vicious part too, in the mounting toll of can
cer victims.
The Ontario Branch of the Canadian Cancer
Society is fighting ignorance and feal’ of can
cer by conducting a membership drive from
April 1 to 30, inclusive, Membetships arc a
dollar each. The Society’s objective is "A Mem
ber in Every Home in Ontario.” Send in your
dollar to the Canadian Cancer Society, 280
Bloor St. West, Toronto, and a membership card
will be mailed to you directly. It will entitle
you to receive up-to-date information about
treatments for cancer, with instructions about
symptoms of the dread disease, Be on the alert.
Protect your family and yourself by joining
now(’linton News-Record.
IO YEARS AGO
On Monday evening, Rt. Wor.
Bro. N. 0. Jolmston, of St. Marys,
D.D.G.M., of Masonic District (South
Huron, paid Ms official _ visit to
Lebanon Forest Lodge. Visitors of
fifteen lodges of this district were
present and the lodge room was
filled t0 over-flowing. Following
the work of the evening the breth
ren adjourned to th<? Trlvitt Mem
orial Parish Hall where the ladies
served a very sumptuous repast.
Owen Geiger and Son, of Hen
sail, have a full staff of men en
gaged at present at the flax mill
working up last year’s crop of flax.
Farmers of the district are an
xiously waiting the turn in the
weather that will make it possible
for them to begin their spring ac
tivities. As yet none have been able
to get on the land. Recent snow
falls and with the week-end rains
the land is very soggy.
The illustrated lecture on Africa
in James St. United Church on Fri
day evening last by Rev. Denziel
Ridout, of Toronto, drew a fairly
large and appreciative audience. In
visiting the mission fields of South
Africa, Rev. Ridout had many in
teresting experiences and was able
to secure some excellent pictures.
15 YEARS AGO
On Tuesday afternoon while Mr.
Frank Wildfong was leading a
horse home the animal turned and
kicked him full in the face. He
suffered a fractured jaw and
wounds that required several stit-
chest to close. He also suffered a
slight concussion.
Members of the Exeter Lodge of
Oddfellows paid a fraternal visit to
the .Clinton -Lodge Tuesday evening
and installed the officers of the
■Clinton Lodge and exemplified the
work of the first degree. Bro. E.
A. Howald was in charge.
The Exeter Tennis Club held a
meeting in the .Canadian Bank of
Commerce chambers Tuesday eve
ning and re-organized foi* the com
ing season. They have decided to
enter the Western Ontario .Lawn
Tennis Association. The officers
elected were as follows: Hon, pres.,
W. G. Medd, M.L.A., and I. R. Car
ling; president, Wallace Seldon;
vice-pres., Miss .Mary Grant; sec.-
treas., Miss G. M. Harness; mem
bership convenor, H. Gower;
grounds convenor, W. DOvis; social
convenor, Miss A. Acheson; tourna
ment convenor, H. J. Creech.
The cold weather has delayed the
seeding this season.
An auto accident occurred near
the bridge Thursday of last week
when Mrs. Earl Mitchell, of Us-
borne, was returning to her home.
Mrs. Mitchell lost control of the
car and it turned over in the snow.
Little damage was done.
25 YEARS AGO
While unloading a carload of
lumber for the Ross-Taylor Co., Mr.
Ed. .Stone had the misfortune to get
his hand badly crushed when a pile
of lumber overbalanced,
An interesting debate was held
by Main Street Epworth .League
Tuesday evening, the subject being-
resolved “That the World is Getting
Better.” The affirmative was taken
by Lyle Statham, Bruce Medd and
Ed. Aid worth; the negative by
Howard Dignan, Maurice Fiord and
Benson Tuckey.
This section was visited by a
hail storm about six o’clock on Mon
day morning accompanied by a
heavy downpour of rain.
The farmers are anxiously wait
ing to get on the land.
Cadet McGillivray, of ’Stratford,
has joined his brother and will as
sist in the Salvation Army work in
Exeter.
All lovers of the beautiful who
attended the meetings last Wednes
day and Thursday evenings in the
Carnegie Library and Town Hall
were delighted with the lantern
views shown, the first night by Mr.
Hartry, of Seaforth, and the second
night by Prof. Tomlinson, of the
O.A.C., Guelph. The addresses giv
en were good, entertaining and in
structive.
50 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Gun Club held a
friendly shoot here Good Friday, at
ten blue rocks each, with the fol
lowing result: E. Treble 3; A. Tay-
tor 2; g. E. Anderson 3; Ed. Bissett
<8; W. Johns 7; I. Smith 3; F. W.
Collins 6.
R. J. Switzer, who has been con
ducting the creamery for A. Q.
Bobier, left Thursday for Paisley
where lie has accepted a similar
position.
Mr. Leonard McTaggart has .pur
chased the Exeter North Hotel.
The Exeter saw mill was put in
operation last week.
A. Cottle is erecting a large en
gine room to his already well-
equipped factory.
Mes'srs, MacArthur & Co., of Hen-
sall, have rented from Mr. Zellar,
where they will start a bank in a
few days.
Sue—-“What made you quarrel
With Claude?”
May—.“Well, he proposed to me
again last night.”
Sue—7'Where wag the harm in
that?”
May—“My dear, I had accepted
him the night before.”
Warm Tinie
Liz: “Yer father’s in for a hot
time tonight, Bill,”
Bill: “How’s that?”
“Because 'father says they’re
goin’ to toast your father tonight
at the club.”
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AND EQUIPMENT
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BUILDINGS
Construction, improvement or
repair of dwelling, barn, silo,
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Exeter Branch: J. L. HENDRY, Manager
AN ODD MAN 8 A, BUT...
Breaking windows is an odd and expensive mania that most
sane people manage to control. Breaking insulators on Hydro
poles, or shattering street lights, is an even more costly pastime that
an astonishing number of boys and men fail to curb.
An insulator or street light sits up so invitingly . . . and, to the
uninformed seems such a small and insignificant piece of equip
ment that it presents a tempting target. Few people would break
insulators or street lights if they understood the damage that can
result.
A broken insulator can cause a short circuit and cut the service
on a line. The homes, the factory, the hospital or the stores depend
ing on that line are cut off from power until the insulator can be
replaced. Housewives are inconveriiepced. Factories can be
stopped with possible pay losses to the workers. Human lives can
be endangered, especially in a hospital.
Broken street lights imperil both foot and vehicle traffic
and create an invitation to crime. ’ '
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DON’T BREAK
STREET LAMPS
To repair damaged insulators and replace broken street lights
requires men, trucks and possibly miles of travel. It all adds Up to
a big price for d tafget . . . and Hydro consumers pay that price.
Please use your influence at every opportunity to prevent the
deliberate or careless destruction of public property.
DON'T DAMAGE
INSULATORS
THE HYp^g. ELECT;R^