HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-09-04, Page 2P«ge 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4th, 1947
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 1947
Those Two Bears
We are not referring’ to the two energetic
and punitive bears metionned in Holy Writ. We
are dealing with two bears mentioned by an
extensive employer of labor as we discussed
the problems sure to arise with those giving
work to the newcomers to this country. TV e must
not forget that we need those helpers. The new
comer must get it out of his head that he is
here on a holiday jaunt. We wish to buy lus
strength and skill. He wishes to sell that
strength and skill. Like ourselves, he is a hu
man being and as humans we must treat each
other. We’ll need, both of us. to keep two bears
in mind, The first bear is just bear. V e must
put up with a good deal for ourselves. We’ll
be called upon to put up with a good deal. Both
employer and laborer, we mean, must put up
with a good deal. Here is where the second
bear, Forbear, comes in. These two will help
us through many a bad half hour.
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Why Not Here?
London is justly proud of the success at
tained by two juvenile bands at the Canadian
National* Exhibition. Let it be remembered that
those bands are composed of flesh and blood
youngsters. They are not mere abstracts. They
are boys from homes and schools. Each has a
character and a personality of his own. They
have the same wavs of acquiring knowledge
as have other boys. There is not a “boy wonder’*
among them, for which thank Providence. At
one time these boys did not know one note
from another. The day was when they could
not play a single instrument. But here they
are creditable band performers who are re
spected anywhere, age and experience being
considered. Why should not Exeter see in the
succss of their city cousins what may be done
here? We have excellent musical talent in Ex
eter and in every community in this fine county.
Why should not a serious effort be. put forward
to develop our latent musical abilities ? In Ex
eter we have fine pipe organs. In our homes
we have high grade pianos. We have some good
amateur violinists. Why not organize for real
progress in the way of our band and of our
choirs? Why not an orchestra? The beginnings
in this great work may be small, but the end
in view is laudable. What others have done we
can do in our own way. We wonder if the Lions
Club will give a genuine energetic lead in a
matter that means so much for the village and
the boys and girls.
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Are We Too Busy?
We were talking to a farmer the other
Sunday afternoon just before we -went in to
church. “There are not many out, today,” he
commented. “The farmers are very busy these
fine days and are very tired and stay home to
rest. I wonder if they are doing right.” We met
a big businessman last Friday. “How about the
European situation.” we queried. “I don’t
know a thing about it. We are so busy waiting
on customers that we have no time to think
about those things.”
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That Trousseau
King George is to be commended for deal
ing as he has with the trousseau of his daugh
ter. This move was strictly necessary at this
time. Britain needs every copper available to
be devoted to essential industrial purposes. We
are aware that the Londoner dearly loves royal
display and that a few odd millions of folk
will be disappointed because the royal wedding
is not to be a big show. King George has seen
the folly of useless expenditure at such a time
as this. Further, those hard-headed Yankees
who are negotiating with Britain in regard to
finances are seeing to it that Britain spends
all money loaned for strictly necessary pur
poses.
Our Wonderful Language
We sometimes wonder where some of our
fine old words have gone. “We hear “yep” and
“yop” and,“yaw” and “yas” and “O.K” and
“ya bet” but very seldom do we hear the fine
old fashioned word “yes.” Where has that word
gone? Then there is that other simple little
word “no”. We hear “naw” and “nope” and
“not on your life,” but “no” we seldom use,
with the exception of the bank manager who
uses that word in all shapes and forms with
all degrees of severity and all manner of inflec
tions and sliding scales, all of them terrible.
He uses “no” because it is shorter and may be
changed for “yes” should the millenitim sud
denly appear on the doorstep. At any rate we*ll
do our souls a lot of good by getting these
words once more into circulation.
Britain’s Austerity
Canadians have a decidedly limited con
ception of the difficult time that Britons are
passing through. Clothing is wearing thin and
fuel is decidedly scarce and winter b near at
hand, British house)* are proverbially known for
their cold and dampness at any cold season.
They are bound to be worse now. During the
war food was severely rationed, At present it
is at the bitterly pinching stage. The word
“terrible” is used continually, What makes the
situation all the worse is luck of hope that the
grinding misery of it all soon will be over,
When the war was on Mr, Churchill inspired
the nation with the rousing thought that vic
tory would be the result of a supreme, effort.
At present the people are not cheered by the
thought that in the not too distant future pros
perity will be the lot of every Britisher, Instead
they hear that things are to become steadily
worse with no end in sight. Further, the people
see in the loans sought that they are binding
an increasingly heavy burden on their backs.
Along with the misery of their present lot they
see extravagance in certain quarters. Some,
they are led to believe are like the rich man of
the older days, clad in purple and fine linen and
faring .sumptuously every day. Irritation and
discontent are bound to result. Further, we see
people who should be helping by giving of their
abundance expecting nothing in return, bar
gaining with brave old England and exacting
the last pound of flesh no matter who does the
bleeding. Canadians are well off. Why should
they not deal generously with Britain without
whose timely aid we might now be licking the
boots of German officers.
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A Good Education
We were discussing a certain weed prob
lem with a seedsman the other day when he
gave us the botanical name of the plant. His
doing so was unusual but significant. It opened
a window through which we saw the conditions
just ahead of us. The merchant will need to
know not only his cloth but the history of the
cloth. The same holds true of the shoe busi
ness. A shoe dealer will need to be able to tell
his customer something of why he recommends
a certain article. And he’ll need to know what
he is talking about or suffer the. humiliation
of being neatly tripped up and of being passed
by as a humbug. And so one all down the line.
If one is to get on he’ll be required not only
to mind the step but to know where the step
is and the material composing the step and
where the step leads to. Let not one run away
with the idea that this sort of thing can be
learned only by what we call experience. Be
hind the actual handling of goods there simply
must be the trained mind and the, skilled vision
that tak®s the learner away above and beyond
the thumb and finger procedure that has been
in vogue too long. We are requiring in our
daily living the place, the day, the hour and
the exact measure and weight. For the trained
mind we are looking to our schools, both our
public schools and our high schools. We are
anxious to know not only what grade a child
is in but what he is winning in that grade. The
complaint is too general that our high school
graduates and some of our university gradu
ates cannot add or substract speedily or accur
ately. while many of them make a sad mess of
it when it comes to spelling common words or
to writing a good correspondence letter.
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Not Wild Mustard
Attention has been drawn to the produc
tion of mustard for commercial purposes. We
are informed that the crop Sq produced is not
wild Mustard as farmers generally understand
that plant. It is related to the wild mustard
plant and is a cousin, we understand, of the
rape plant. We leave the untangling of this
sort of thing to agricultural experts.
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Grim Humor
While three convicts who escaped unharm
ed from Kingston penitentiary were being pur
sued by whole, squads of police officers, the
convicts robbed a bank under the noses of the
pursuers. It would be..a fine climax to the whole
mismanaged affair if the convicts were to enter
tain the attorney-general and his chief of pol
ice to afternoon tea. Something equivalent there
to may yet take place. The convicts are bad ac
tors but they are clever and just a bit elusive. It
puzzles plain people to undertsand how three
deft-fingered and light-footed thieves should be
able to defy the police resources of a whole
province. There’s a loose screw somewhere.
Note and Comment
What a relief to inhale that pure air at a
moderate temperature and suitable, humidity.
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We remained perfectly cool—indeed, quite
chilly! We had just secured a blood transfusion
from a bank manager.
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That fine coating of gray om our presses
is not hoar frost. It is a substance applied by
our office during our vacation,
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Those dark spots on our sidewalks are not
spots resulting from the sizzling extracts from
our veins owing to the. sizzling sun.
‘
Notice how those wheat fields were gar
nered? While some ministers were recreationing
at camps, others of their brethren were hand
ling wheat sheaves.
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We have no confirmation of the rumor
that the carpenters during the hot spell found
the nails melting as they attempted to drive
them. Sill less is the report sustained that the
cement workers found their material melting to
maple syrup,
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By
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SO YEARS AGO
The At Home and concert under
the auspices of the Lacrosse Club
and Band held Friday evening was
in every particular a decided suc
cess. A lengthy program consisting
of vocal and instrumental music
was carried out. Those taking part
were Messrs. Daly and Willis, of
Seaforth, vocal; Miss Johns and
Miss Hardy, vocal; Miss Hicks and
Miss Martin, instrumental; Mr. Jos.
Senior, vocal. Ice cream, lemonade
and candy were served. Mr. N. D.
Hurdon acted as chairman.
Miss Edith Sanders, Miss Horn,
and Miss Miller are attending the
millinery openings at Toronto this
week.
The town bakers have raised the
price of bread from five to six cents
a loaf.
Robert Sanders left Monday for
Manitoba and for a trip to the
British Columbia gold fields.
The Exeter Lacrosse team drove
to Mitchell on Tuesday last and
played a game with the Mitchell
team resulting in a tie 1-1. R. N.
Creech received a large and painful
gash in the back of the head.
25 YEARS AGO .
The Exeter Junior softball team
are winners of their group in the
N.W.B.A. They defeated Lucan
Friday night.
The Exeter Evaporator, which
was recently purchased by A. D.
Klopp, is being fitted up with.mod
ern machinery and when completed
will be one of the finest of the kind
in Western Ontario. It is being
equipped throughout with power
machines of the latest type and oil
burners will furnish the heat for
the drying kilns. The capacity of
the factory is 700 bushels of apples
a day.
Miss Fear, of Blyth, has returned
to town and resumed her position
as milliner with Miss Armstrong.
Miss Cowan, of Atwood, has resum
ed her position as milliner with
Miss Yelland,
Miss McDonald, who recently sold
her millinery business in town to
Miss A. Yelland, has purchased a
similar business in Clinton.
Miss Emalie Hogarth and Gladys
Harvey succeeded in passing their
summer course examinations in ag
riculture at the O.A.C., Guelph.
Mr. Wm. Waal has disposed of
his property on Huron street con
sisting of house and ten acres of
land to Mr. Jas. A. VanCamp, of
London.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. Ernest Willard has been
awarded the contract for the carry
ing of the mail over Rural Route
No. 3 Exeter. Mr. Willard’ takes the
place of the late J. Harding.
A most unusual accident happen
ed when Ed. Kraft was using his
threshing outfit on Mason's farm
near Dashwood. His own horse came
too close and his tail caught in the
belt. The horse was lifted off his
feet and thrown against the pulley
breaking the shaft. The horse was
uninjured.
Miss Ruby Stone, of the Exeter
High School is to be congratulated
on winning a scholarship awarded
by the Western University.
Several of the Exeter horseshoe
pitchers paid a friendly visit to
Kirkton Friday evening and in a
match with the Kirkton players,
were successful in winning by 60
points.
On Wednesday afternoon last the
James St. choir held their annual
outing in the form of a picnic in
the orchard of Mr. W. T. Quinn, of
Usborne. The weather was ideal. A
soft ball game started the sports
with E. Lindenfield and Frank
Sheere as captains. A bountiful
supper was served.
The Hensail ball team eliminated
Strathroy in the O.B.A.A. play-offs.
The play-off was held at Ailsa
Craig.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. Keith McLean, of the Huron
Expositor, Seaforth, has been ap
pointed returning officer for Huron
for the coming provincial election.
Mr. Ben Case, of the highway
north of Exeter, • was unloading
grain iato the barn Tuesday eve
ning. He was in the act of tighten
ing a chain when it broke. Mr. Case
lost his balance and toppled to the
floor below, landing on his head
and shoulder. He was removed to
Victoria Hospital, London, where
an X-ray revealed eight bones in the
neck had been fractured.
Claudette Biowes, daughter of
Mr. Claude Blowes, principal of the
Hensa.il public school, had her face
bitten by a bulldog Thursday after
noon when she attempted to pet. the
animal. The dog grabbed her cheek
and the wound required twelve
stitches to close.
Mrs. J. M. Southcott, MissWs'Celia
Christie, Marjorie Delbridge, Helen
Finkbeiner and Irene VanCamp are
this week attending the Summer
school for leaders of the United
Church W.M.S. of the London Con
ference being held at Alma College,
St, Thomas.
James Ballantyne, who for the
past three and a half years has rep
resented Huron In the Ontario Leg
islature, was again the choice at
a Liberal convention held in Hon-
Lamport Reunion
One hundred and twenty people
registered at the 15th Lamport Re
union held at Poplar Hill on Sept.
1st. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lamport
and their committee had a splen
did line of sports after which the
president, Gordon McNair of Den-
field, acted as chairman for a pro
gram comprised of a sing-song led
by Mrs. G. Grundy, of Strathroy:
solos by Marion Stanley and Billy
Grundy; duets by Donna Stanley
and Grant McLellan, Mrs. G. Grun
dy and Esther Grundy; Mr, Donald
McLellan favored with several se
lections on the bag pipes; the
Grundy children, of Strathroy, sang
a chorus; Mr. Jos. Woodall, of
Crediton, led in prayer and a few
minutes silence was observed for
six members who has passed away
during the year, Greetings from
distant members were read. The
election of officers resulted as fol
lows; President, James Mawhinney,
of Dashwood; vice-president, Gor
don Grundy, of Strathroy; treas.,
Mrs. Jos. Woodall, of Crediton;
sec’y, Mrs. M. McDonald, Ailsa
Craig; program committee, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Brokenshire, London;
sports committee, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Shepherd, Dashwood; table com
mittee, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. McLel
lan, Mrs. Noyes. Members were
present from London, Kippen, Ex
eter, Dashwood, Centralia, Crediton,
Denfield, Strathroy, Brown City,
Mich., Detroit, Long Beach, Cal.,
Mt, Clemens, Kirkton, Watford.
Mr. Albert King, of Crediton, was
the oldest person present, being in
his 84th year. Judy Lamport was
the youngest member present. Mr.
and Mrs. G. Grundy, of Strathroy,
had the largest family on the
grounds. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Vaug
han coming from 'Long Beach, Cal.,
won the prize for coming the long
est distance. It was decided to hold
the reunion at Poplar Hill on Labor
Day 1948.
A lump of lime placed on a board
in the furnace will absorb summer
moisture and prevent rust and cor
rosion.
sail Town Hall Wednesday after
noon. Dr. Shaw, of Clinton, occupied
the chair.
Miss Marguerite Hogarth, who
has been holidaying at Port Stanley,
recently won two amateur contests
at the “Casino-on-tlie-Lake.” Her
number was a singing and toe
dancing arrangement of “Alice
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