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THURSDAY, MAY Sth, 1947
Full of Money?
We hear a great deal about the abundance
of money. And it is a tact that the average
man has* had more money through his hand,
during the last few years, than he had during
the early years of the century. While this is all
to the good it may be deceptive when con
sidered in terms of wealth. There has been a
great deal of spending that has not meant in
crease of wealth. There has been a large amount
of exchange but a very considerable amount
has not increased the hold of a great many
people upon the permanent market of the
world. Nor has it resulted in increased comfort
or usefulness of the individual or community.
A great deal of purchasing of articles has been
but a preliminary to increasing the size of the
discard heap. We recall a sale that we once
attended. All manner of farm equipment was
advertised. The. farmer had been known as a
progressive farmer and now the time for his
retirement had come. We looked over the ar
ticles to go under the hammer in company with
a farmer who knows farm conditions from A
to Z. Said our friend: “Most of this stuff is
worn out. The material, to begin with, was
inferioi. He bought it when the price was high.
It has been a constant costly bill of expense to
him. True, he got a lot of work done but it cost
him too dear. Really he was always working
for the other fellow. When everything is
squared up he’ll be a thousand dollars worse
off than he was ten years ago. Things on many
a farm are not what they seem.’’ We fear that
this farmer’s experience is but illustrative of
a great deal of the enterprise of our country.
It is high time for some vigorous open-eyed
stock-taking. Folk who have some money for
investment will do well to invest it in nothing
but necessary things. Keeping up with the
Jones’ never was a more fatal practice than
it may be at the present time.
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Palestine
One of the tragedies of history is the pres
ent condition of the Jews in Palestine. The
Jews are the puzzle of history. No nation of
its size has given to the world a greater con
tribution in the interest of law, morals and
spiritual insight and vitality than has the Jew
ish nation. There is not an art nor a science
nor any valuable enterprise in which the Jew
has not taken a leading part. He has been per
secuted through the ages but always he has
stood by the grave of his persecutors. The Jew
has made two mistakes, both of them funda
mental. First, he regarded his nation as being
a chosen people, an elect nation. True, he was
a chosen nation but he was chosen for service,
not for privilege. But he deceived himself into
regarding his abilities and opportunities as war
rants for individual enrichment. He missed no
opportunity for making his nation and his in
dividuals not only prosperous but dominant.
His hand seemed to be against everybody and
every nation. The second and most terrible of
his mistakes is that he has stoned his prophets.
The result is that his native land. Palestine, is
at the present hour the scene of every evil pas
sion and black with the plague spots that may
corrupt the blood of the whole world. The Jew
has got himself into this terrible situation and
the Jew must, himself, work the cure. »
* * # »
What Was Needed
General Marshal’s broadcast on returning
from the Peace Conference at Moscow left
nothing to be desired. It was a simple factual
utterance that gave his hearers the essence of
what those national representatives were re
quired to accomplish. It was fair to Russia.
It set forth how Russia had suffered through
the terrible German invasion. Her cities were
levelled. Her bridges, built at incalculable cost
of cash, labor and human lives, were reduced
to rubble. The territory upon which she de
pended to feed her people "Was a veritable gar
den as the Germans approached. When they
had passed over that territory it was a Sahara
of blood and ruin. Little wonder the Russians
hate and suspect the nation that had done this
cruel and wicked thing. The nations associated
with Russia suffered as Russia suffered and
now hate as Russia hates. This suspicion and
hatred shadowed every moment of the Peace
Conference. Further, the difficult problem of
reparations loomed up every moment. The
western powers, fully realizing the German
guilt, and fully aware that what Germany had
done as she inflicted the horrors of the two
world Wars, she would do again had she the
power, nevertheless saw clearly that a dis
affected Germany could be depended upon to
wreck Europe. That problem, General Marshall
told us, had not been solved. The General in
dicated that the whole situation must be clear
ed up, not piece-meal but as a whole. One part
of the situation affected the whole situation,
boundaries, reparations, a division of the coun
try for governmental purposes must move on
all fours together, each keeping pace with the
others. Little wonder that the men at the Con
ference found themselves baffled. Two things
have eome out of the Conference. The nations
have found out and clearly see the desperate
nature of the problems requiring solution. Sec
ond, they see that half measures are of no
value. Problems half settled are not settled at
all. The western powers see that the situation
requires just dealing rather than misleading
compromise. The Conference has shown the
world the difficulties that must be dealt with.
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The Worst Yet
John Bull and his sturdy family have wit
nessed the shrinking of plum duff and roas’
beef. They have lived on one egg a month and
have submitted to misery rationing in all de
partments of their house-keeping. Just as they
had reached about the last hole, in their belt
tightening there came the affront of out
rageously high-priced “baccy.” Surely the
worst was past! Deprivation could go no fur
ther. But tile worst was yet to be. John Bull
was offered a substitute for the solace of his
tortured mind and jangling nerves-—a substitute
for “baccy”! Impossible. “Baccy” had charms
all its own, King Cole was to fill his pipe with
a mixture of herbs at which Lady Nicotine cast
but the coyest glances! The depths had been
plumbed. We have tried substitutes for ‘‘baccy.”
We have wrestled mightily with elmroot in
place of the cigar, but it was no use. All we
got was a biting tongue. We have pulled mighty
blasts on the old clay pipe, but, do our best
we could not make the exercises manly. It was
“baccy” that men smoked and no substitute.
We laid in wait for dad’s baccy pipe, captured
some matches, sought out a retreat where the
eyes of the curious never came, lit up the pipe
and found that there ■was a difference between
mullen leaves and real black tobacco. We man
aged to get home after our adventure and spent
the remainder of the’ day vomiting and miser
able beyond all telling. We used to bite off
bits of licorice and swagger about in the belief
that we had learned to “chew,” Then by devi
ous ways we secured a man-sized chew of “pig
tale.” For hours we feared that we would die.
We had made the discovery that none but the
hardy and enduring may hope to enjoy the
ecstacies of baccy. Yet now we have the amaz
ing spectacle of a whole nation that has con
quered the difficulties leading to the quiet
nerves and peaceful anind of the accomplished
baccyist. A substitute for baccy. No! No!
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The Dominion Budget
Those of us who have tried our hand at
financing a small business have some sympathy
with the federal goverment in its budget mak
ing. We recall the lament of the Italian dealer
who found himself making no money in his
enterprise. “What,” said he, “I make on the
peanut, I lose on the banan’.” The federal
government, should it favoi’ the farmer, may
neglect the fisherman. Should it furthei' the
air service it may starve the steamship lines
or the. railroads. Should it nurse the steel indus
try it may starve the cement industry. It is re
quired to so adjust all the Dominion’s affairs
that every citizen shall pull his share in the
national boat. It is a little too soon for us to
judge how successful the last Dominion budget
will be in these and other essential respects,
‘filings in the budget may not be what they
seem to those of us.who will be required to live
under its terms. The makers of the budget may
find their best laid plans to go serious by agu.
At present we wish that more were in the bud
get to justify adventure and experiment on the
part of the thrifty souls blest with small means
but with a record of real achievement. No
country can afford to neglect this class of citi
zen. We should like, too, to have seen more
attention devoted to research work that would
lead to guarding the lives of our miners and
the lives of those engaged in airplane flights.
The safety of His Majesty’s citizens should
be. the first concern of His Majesty’s govern
ment.* * *
Our Loyalty and Good Wishes
Princess Elizabeth won the hearts of all
Britishers by her Empire-wide broadcast on
the occasion of her twenty-first birthday. Her
words were the utterance of a young woman
with a good mind and a good heart. They bear
the impress and the fragrance of a young wo
man who has been nurtured by the hearth
stone where the ideals and practice of the best
in British tradition have been honored and ex
emplified. Her royal parents always speak of
their royal palace as their home. In the days
of the war King George, machine-gun in hand,
took every precaution to defend his home.
Better still, ever since the crown was placed on
his head he has done all that a man can do to
honor those virtues that give permanence and
happiness. Princess Elizabeth is the natural
outcome of such a home. We are proud to
think that she is destined to be our queen.
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Just the Word Wanted
A friend whose nerves had suffered many
things on the part of roller skaters told us
that he had experienced immeasurable relief
on finding the exact word to express his feel
ings when one of those swift moving young
athletes got between his feet. The word Was
used by that most judicious of chairmen to de
scribe the parliamentary conduct of that most
unaccountable of men, Mr. Winston Churchilh
“You are gate-crashing,” shouted Mr. Speaker.
“Define your term,” vociferated the House of
Commons. After considerable hurly-burly Mr.
Churchill defined the term as “jumping in out
of turn where you are not wanted.” “That,”
my friend said, “describes my attitude to some
of those roller skaters.”
10 YEARS AGO
Moving pictures of the flood con
ditions in London and of the great
destruction left in its wake when
the Thames River went on the ram
page early last week were taken by
an Exeter Old Hoy. Chas. W. Ford,
and these pictures were shown in
Exeter in some private homes on
Sunday.
The first of the weekly prizes in
connection with the Exeter Corona
tion Contest were awarded Tuesday
evening. Reeve W. 1). Sanders drew
the lucky tickets.
Mr. S. Fitton announces to the
public that he has disposed of his
optical business to Mr. C. E. Zur-
brigg who will continue the busi
ness in the same office.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Layton and
Miss Marjorie Medd returned home
Thursday of last week after spend
ing a pleasant winter in Florida.
The Watford Guide-Advocate last
week contained a picture of Exeter's
main street taken since the tele
phone poles and wires were remov
ed and the new lighting system in
stalled and the paper states that
Watford plans to copy our improve
ments.
Mr. T. Harry Hoffman who left
his home in Dashwood on Tuesday
to sail on the S.S. Montcalm from
Montreal on Wednesday to sing in
the Coronation Choir was especially
honored on Sunday evening. First
he was invited to Janies Street Un
ited Church in Exeter where the
choir 'presented him with a purse
of money accompanied by a compli
mentary address. He then returned
to his home church in Dashwood
where he was presented with an
other purse of money donated by
the congregation and citizens of the
town.
15 YEARS AGO
On (Friday evening last Rt. Wor.
Bro. L. Russel Coles, D.D.G.M., for
South Huron District, paid his of
ficial visit to his home lodge, A.F.
& A.M., Hensail. The members took
this opportunity to pay honor to
him as representative of the Grand
Master by being present in full
force. Representatives from all the
eighteen lodges in the district of
South Huron were present.
The contract for painting the ex
terior of the James Street United
Church lias been awarded to Mr.
J. W. Hern, of town.
Mr. Clarence Heywood has com
pleted the contract for lowering the
ceiling at the town hall. The new
ceiling is of gyproc and panelled
and makes a decided improvement
to the inside of the building.
Messrs. Geo. Brown & Son, of
Woodstock, have opened up a but
cher shop in the building recently
vacated by Mr. John Stanbury, who
moved to Kincardine.
The Exeter Horseshoe Club have
rented the ground at the rear of
Mrs. Gidle.y?s 'property north of the
Town Hall and are having it fitted
up with courts and electric lights.
Mr. Harry Stanlake has returned
to Exeter from Sarnia and has re
sumed his position with the Exeter
creamery,
The Exeter Tennis Club are pre
paring for an active tennis season
and are making some improve
ments -to the grounds on Main St.
Plans are being made for three
courts for this season. The club are
again entering the W.O.B.A.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. H. W. Doerr, Supt. of the
local hydro commission and Mi\
W. J. Beer are in Kitchener this
week attending the electrical ex
hibition.
The Exeter Lodge of Oddfellows
accompanied by a number of breth
ren from Hensall and Brucefield,
celebrated the anniversary of the
Order, on Sunday evening last
when they paraded to Caven Pres
byterian church and listened to an
excellent sermon on brotherly love
by the pastor, Rev. James Foote.
There was an excellent turn-out,
the brethren filling the centre pews
of the church and the choir furn
ished some splendid music for the
occasion. Mr. W. W. Taman acted
as marshall.
Postmaster Milton Pfaff is having
the interior of the office remodel
led and renovated. He is having a
partition put in dividing the office
from the public waiting room and
is also adding a number of new
boxes.
Miss Amy Shapton has taken a
position as clerk with Southcott
Bros.
Mr. Gordon Wells left Tuesday
morning for Stratford where he has
taken a position.
Miss Jdella Davis left Tuesday for
Windsor where she has accepted a
position with the Bell Telephone
Company.
The Clerks maintained the bowl
ing championship at the “Y” last
Thursday winning from IB. Clark’s
team 78 up.
50 YEARS AGO
A meeting Of the Exeter cyclists
was held in the Town Hall on Fri
day evening last with Mr. R. Hicks
in the chair. The following officers
were elected: president, T. J. Lock
hart; vice-president, M. Mackenzie;
secretary-treasurer, A. E. Jones;
road captain, J. D. Boulton; lieut.,
Miss G. Hicks; committee, Miss E.
Rollins, Miss M. E. Gill, M. .J. White
and Dr. AnderSOn.
On Monday night Proscot Ross
was appointed captain of the Exeter
lacrosse team for this season.
Wm, Zinger left Tuesday for To
ronto Where he has accepted a po
sition butcher.
iMr. John Spackman has been at
Grand Bend fob some weeks making
general preparations for the camp
ing season. He reports everything
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1877
Huron Lumber Company Limited
70 YEARS OF SERVICE - 1947
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Spring Improvements
Already Under Way
Low-Cost Loans Aid
Forward-Looking Farmers
For many a progressive farmer,
Spring is the time for putting into
effect plans to make his farm more
productive and more profitable.
Hundreds of Canadian farmers,
looking for ready money to finance
such improvements, have found the
answer in a -Farm Improvement
Loan from the Bank of Montreal.
Such loans have covered the pur
chase of agricultural equipment and
machinery, electrical systems, live
stock for building up herds, and
a score of other purposes that have
helped increase farm profits.
Do you want to repair oi- extend
your farm (buildings, buy a new
separator or refrigeration pump, in
stall a better drainage system or
improve your farm in any other
way this Spring? If so, call at the
B of M to discuss you financial
requirements.
Mr. Hendry, manager of the local
branch, will be glad to djseuss your
plans with you. You will find he
understands a farmer’s problems,
and he will be anxious to help you
get your improvement plans under
way. Advt.
in fine shape and the fishing par
ticularly good.
Messrs. MacArthur & Co., private
■bankers at Hensall, who have con
ducted a large and safe business
for twenty years have opened a
branch office in the village of Zur
ich.
Why be “cash out” when you
can “cash in” with a Times-
Advocate Want Ad?
Smiles . . . .
Judge: “You are charged with
throwing your mother-in-law out
of the window.” Jones: “I did it
without thinking, sir.” Judge:
“Yes, but don’t you see lipw dan
gerous it might have been for any
one passing at the time?”
The sweet young thing asked me
if I could tell her how to play golf.
"'Sure, it’s easy enough,” I told her.
“All you do is smack the pill and
then walk.” “How interesting,”
she replied. “Just like some auto
rides I’ve been on.”
Dinah had been having trouble
with an ulcerated tooth for somq
time before she got up enough
courage to see a dentist The mom
ent he touched her’ tooth she
screamed at the top of her lungs.
“What are you making such a
racket for?” demanded the doctor,
“Don’t you know that I’m a pain
less dentist?”
“Well, ; sah,” retorted Dinah,
“mebbe yo’ is painless, but ah
isn’t.”
Wrinkles In
Your Face
Show Your Age!
Anck there isn’t much
that can be done about ’em,
either. Wrinkles in your
car’s fenders show age,
too !
But, there is something
that can be done about
that, and we’re the guys
that can do it, too !
Bring your car to us
today. We can smooth out
those wrinkles and make it
look like new again.
Ed’s Machine Shop
Two Blocks East of Main
Street on John Street.
Many People Suffer
From Rheumatic Pain
There are people who suffer from rheumatic
pains year in and year out regardless of the season
or the weather.
These pains, whether they be in the joints or
the muscles, may be induced by uric acid.
Burdock Blood Bitters may bring relief from
rheumatic pain for it helps to cleanse impurities from the body and tones
up the digestive organs.
It has helped thousands of Canadians who suffer from rheumatic
pains, dyspepsia, sour stomach, biliousness, headaches or iiiinor complaints
of the liver or kidneys. It should do the same for you.
On sale for more than 60 years, Burdock Blood Bitters is available at
drug counters everywhere.
The T. Milburn Co., Limited. Toronto, Ont,
In 1845, Hugh C. Baker a Hamilton
banker, felt the urgent desire to
obtain security for his wife and chil
dren. But there was not a single
Canadian life insurance company in
existence at that time.
So Mr* Baker covered the 500-mile
journey to New York on horseback,
by stage-coach, and finally by river
steamer down the Hudson to buy
life insurance. Returning hoihe he
resolved to help his own country
men obtain the same security. With
a few associates in 1847 he organized
the first Canadian life insurance com
pany—the Canada Life.
Throughout its hundred years, this
Company has brought security and
pence of mind to Canadians in all
walks of life.
COLIN C. O’NEIL, C.L.U., Manager
B. M. FRANCIS HERMAN HODGSON