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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-11-06, Page 2Pwje 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6th, 1947 rimes established. 1873; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1S24 PUBLISHED 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’ Association; Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE 52.00 a year, in advance; six months. $1.00 three months 60c I, M. SOUTHOOTT - - PUBLISHER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6th, 1947 Two Sides The Lions and kindred organizations in the community are doing all that can be expected of them to encourage the children and -youth within their reach to go straight and to get ready for the life of good citizens. If anything else were known these busy men are willing to undertake that very thing. We have good schools. We have fine Sunday schools. We have the best of recreation rooms and grounds. We have the best of streets and sidewalks. We have a kindly lot of well-wishing citizens. All that is looked for in return for this generosity and real sacrifice is that children and youth should be orderly and well behaved. In this good work and this good intention parents are asked to practically and heartily unite. The interests of everyone are at stake. While, the majority of parents and citizens co-operate in giving youth and childhood a healthy-minded good time, there is a minority to whom such a way of do­ ing does not appeal. This minority of parents and guardians of the young seems incapable of appreciating the advantages afforded them and are playing the rowdy. This misbehaviour must stop. It cannot be tolerated even in the initial stages. Rowdyism in child and youth alike grows at an alarming speed and soon goes to destructive, lengths. Every citizen is called upon to take this situation with the utmost seriousness. * * * * He Likes It We were interested in the. remarks of a man from Britain who is on this side of the Atlantic dealing with a business that runs into a few odd million dollars. This man from Glas­ gow was asked about the austerity programme, now being carried out in Britain. ‘‘Of course there’s austerity over there. I practice it myself and so do thousands of people who are keen on getting Britain going again. We practice aus­ terity and we’re all the better for it. Do I look to be starving?” The fact is that there is too much talk about “-tarving Britain. Let it be ad­ mitted that there are a great number in the old land who are hard up. But where were there not a great many who were short of food? Let us never forget that some people would starve to death in a restaurant. They are shiftless. We know a great many people, and Britain has her share, of them, who do not get on in business But their failure is due to their unfitness or to to their shiftlessness. Of course there are folk in Britain who live austere lives but when was not that the case? The right sort of Britons always have been eating to live and to work and to achieve. We cannot but wonder if a great deal of the. talk of suffering England has not been the enterprise of correspondents and com­ mentators who have been more eager to tell a story than to relate sober facts. We devoutly hope that we’ll get the facts. We notice a de­ cided change in the tone of some of the broad­ casters. I •.. Greatly Relieved We gratefully note that certain discerning and generous Canadians with a delicate sense of the proprieties, have presented the Right Honourable, the Prime Minister of Canada, with three shirts for the royal "wedding. We are getting anxious. «• * * * That Price Control Has the manufacturer the right to control the retail price of his product? We doubt it, if trade is to be at its best and the business life of the country is to flourish at its fullest and wholesomest. Yet that seems to be the principle behind a great deal of the business life of our land at this hour. One inquires at one store for the price of a face cloth. Should he be curious about this affair and inquire in a dozen other stores he will find the price to be the same, The dealers seem to have come under a spell of some sort that compels them to sell the article at a price or else! And that ends it whether the ar­ ticle you sought for be a face cloth or dread­ nought or anything else. The customer inquires what right the manufacturer, has to put not only a fingre but a whole fist into the custom­ er’s pie. Some unhappy combination with big letters to set it before the public says to the ultimate consumer, "Pay this or do without/’ The dealer seems in many instances to be as impersonal in waiting on his customers as a hammer is in the hands of a horseshoer. Com­ petition is eliminated and the manufacturer smiles and runs the trade. But the affair does not slop with the elimination of competition. Competition disappears. The dealer becomes a channel and not a merchandiser. If the ultimate consumer resents this state of affairs and makes an appeal to authority he finds himself con­ fronted with a condition as nebulous as moon­ shine but which is somehow as mighty and as immovable as a mountain. Everything seems to be loaded against him. He writes and utters his just complaint but the manufacturers rake in the money.* «• * * It Comes High India, like many others, is finding out that independence comes high. For many a moon the British aided India in getting into the way of appropriating" the best things in British life She did this with a minimum of interference with the Hindoo and Moslem life. No one ever will be able to tell the cost in British blood and gold of carrying on this good work, Do what she would however, India was not satis­ fied with Britain. When things went right in India, the Hindoo ascribed their good fortune to Hindoo ability and enterprise. When things went ill for India, the Hindoos laid the blame therefor to Britain’s domination. The same may be said of Britain’s critics in the difficult situ­ ation. Finally Britain wthdrew and left India to her fanatical leaders. The result? The peo­ ple of India are now cutting each other’s throats. India has already paid dear for the privilege of making hex* own mistakes. Egypt, too, did not prize the good work of Britain among her population. Instead, Egypt hamstrung her benefactor whenever opportun­ ity offered. Britain withdrew and now the Egyptians are wrestling with cholera, a plague that Britain had done her sturdy utmost to keep from Egyptian coasts. Egypt, like India, has found out that independence may be but another way of spelling intolerable dependence. The agitator is a costly ornament for any nation. A Really Fine Park We do not mean to say that our Riverside Park has all the advantages of those parks where huge sums of money have been spent for conveniences. What we do say is that it is a first rate place for enjoying a quiet afternoon and lunch following the time of rest and quiet. Just the other afternoon we noticed a well- filled car drive into the park. The folks enjoyed a quiet stroll and then disposed themselves for lunch. Nothing better for such an occasion could be imagined. People travel many a weary mile only to. find that they have left the best of park facilities at home. In this connection we suggest the putting of a fewr fences along parts of the river. Children are still venture­ some and thoughtless. It is our duty as their natural protectors to see that they play in safe­ ty. An occasional band concert would add to the attractiveness of this fine little park. » * * « AU Saints Day We made inquiry regarding the. significance of All Saints Day. We were told that every other day in the year had been designated for the honouring of some saint in the church. It was soon seen that there were not enough days for honouring every saint. Accordingly November the first was set apart for honouring all saints. Hence the name, arid the purpose oi\the day. In joyful recognition of a day so wonderful, the evening preceding All Saints Day was devoted to religious services. In the days long gone by, books were few so religious education of one sort and another was furnished by processions and plav.s in which masks were worn to rep­ resent the saints and other church worthies. It. was a supreme religious occasion and one of high spiritual fervour. Later the occasion degen­ erated into an event of mere merry-making and of the alleged gun and mischief that too often mars that evening. We have lost a good, deal by our not honouring the memory of the good and great of past days. A land is very little better than the religious life of its people. * * -x- -x- Note and Comment , We miss the fun and frolic of those old husking bees. * * * * If only the farmers could bottle up some of this fine weather for seeding time of next veai"! •x- * * * We have been given to understand that human shin-bones were not originally designed for dog meat. * * * • * As those Cashmere people indulge them­ selves in mutual throat-slitting, the Russian bear smiles in anticipation. * x- * * We hear of an occasional chicken supper. We always welcome the invitation to attend. We like a few full meals in the autumn season. * * * * We have been creditably informed that the sidewalks of the village are for the use of pedes­ trians. We understand that the Tarzan route has been closed. -x- -x- * It is a great pity that some of our farmers did not postpone their harvesting operations till October. At any rate, it has been a great season for getting in the beans. * » # « It looks now as if the Aux Sauble improve­ ment people were saying that they would remain inactive as long as the dry weather lasts. The river looks meek enough these clays, * * * « We note with approval that those inter­ national delegates assembled to guarantee the world a just and lasting peace, have decided that war-mongering is not a desirable practice. * » -x- * We did not hear a single hammer last Sun­ day. Is our hearing becoming defective or are some of our people hearing that it is not the thing to carry on one’s usual occupation of a ■Sunday ? As the «TIMES» 50 YEARS AGO The Exeter Woollen Mill is a scene o£ bustling activity these days, the result of a large order from the United States for horse blankets. Mr. H. Willert, of Dashwood, shipped a carload of lambs to Buf­ falo on Saturday. Mr, Wes Snell also shipped a carload to Buffalo on ■Monday. Mr. J. H. Grealy, who has been conducting the practical work at the Exeter Creamery, left Monday for "the .States, Th© first fall of snow for the season came Friday in Exeter. Messrs. Harry and Charles Cann, who have been in Manitoba for some months with the bountiful harvest, returned home Friday e- vening. Thos. Smith, law student with R. H. Collins, left Exeter Thursday last for Toronto University. The lecture which was given in Smith’s Hall, Centralia, Monday evening by Rev. Walsh on “To and Fro In Ireland” was a decided suc­ cess, It was very humorous and in­ structive. J, Neil was chairman. Musical numbers were given also. 25 YEARS AGO The Huron Choral Society were at Seaforth on Friday evening last putting on Handel’s “Messiah”. The Society were well received. Messrs. Wei Johns, Rd. Welsh, S. Fitton and D. Russell are off to the Hay Swamp on their annual shoot­ ing outing. The Hoffman brothers, Messrs. Clayton and Clarence, of Zurich, who played hockey with the Exeter- Zurich team last winter, will play hockey with Galt this coming ■win­ ter. The Methodist people of Crediton served a fowl supper in the church shed on Thursday evening last. A- bout 1,000 people sat down to sup­ per. After supper those who desired retired to the Town Hall where a Radio concert was given interspers­ ed with readings, addresses, duets and solos. Mr. Yager, of Dashwood, directed the radio concert. The pro­ ceeds amounted to $550.00. The Hydro Office has been moved to the building they recent­ ly purchased from Mr. P. Frayne. Mr. W. Sims has rented the build­ ing vacated by the Hydro Commis­ sion and is moving the express off­ ice there. 15 YEARS AGO On Friday evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Elliot was the scene of a Hallowe’en Masquerade when the members of Jams Street Choir were entertained. On Friday morning last while Mr. Seth Winer was driving his truck for gathering cream on Hur­ on sideroad east of town, he struck some gravel and something went wrong -with tlie steering. The truck turned over into the -ditch damag­ ing the cab. Mr. Winer escaped un­ hurt On Tuesday afternoon while Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Coates and daughter, Shirley, of Usborne, were driving to Exeter with a horse and buggy, their horse became frighten­ ed and began to kick. It broke the dashboard and the shafts. Mrs. Coates was kicked in the right leg inflicting a nasty gash and injur- tlie Knee cap severely. Mr. Jas. Francis has received word that he has passed his exam­ inations and has received his cer­ tificate of qualification to practice embalming in Ontario. Sunday was Young People’s Anniversary in the Main Street U- nited Church and good congrega­ tions were present both morriing and evening. The church was beau­ tifully decorated with colored lea­ ves and flowers. A young people’s choir had charge of the music, Miss Violet Gambrill presiding at the or­ gan. 1O YEARS AGO The Exeter Girls Soft Ball Club held a delightful Hallowe’en Sup­ per, Friday evening in the school­ room of Main Street United Church. The supper was served by the W. M. S. -of Main Street Church. The girls, the manger and their Invited guests enjoyed immensely this e- vent at the close of the softball season. Exeter’s newest industry is , the waxing of turnips. Turnips that have been cleaned, stamped and waxed, are being shipped from Exe­ ter by the truck load. This new en­ terprise is being conducted by Mr. Seth Winer in the large brick stor­ age building on James Street where a number of men are employed. An invitation is being extended to the business and professional men of Exeter to join in forming a- nother service club, the internation­ al Association of Lions Clubs. Two members of the London Lions Club committee have been In town on. several occasions. Nine carloads of foodstuffs have been shipped to Western Canada during the past two weeks from. South Huron districts, Messrs, W, E, Balkwill and Irwin Ford were at Pelee Island last week for the annual two day pheasant shoot, ( Mr. Russell Balkwill has the Exeter Branch: J. L. HENDRY, Manager D106S 1 35 ECONOMICAL SIZE Over a million Canadians -1 dty wise folk who know wha saving means/ ........ XjsJ for tomorrow by brinking ii&L at the B of Al. Yoii will be « m vcr? welcome iti thisBank, of Montreal, CANADA Did You Pay Income Tax For 1942? If so, read this carefully1 The Government of Canada will repay the REF UNDABLE SAVINGS PORTION of 1942 Income Tax by March 31st, 1948. If you are one of those who have refundable savings a cheque will be mailed to you BUT—- Your correct present address is essential! Correct addresses are available for most of those entitled to repayment, but a large number of taxpayers are constantly moving and others marry and their names change. Cards on which to report changes of address or name are being sent to all householders in Canada. These are being distributed at the present time. Additional cards are available ‘ either at your district Income Tax office or your local Post Office. Do nothing if you live at the same address and have the same name as in 1942. If you are entitled to Refundable Savings on 191ft Income Tax and you have changed your address or name COMPLETE AND MAIL YOUR CARD AT ONCE! DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL REVENUE Taxation Division Ottawa Hon. James J. McCann Minister of National Revenue contract for the erection of a new cottage on the lake front at Oak­ wood, Grand Bend. The cement foundation is already in and the carpenter work will be finished this fall. The Exeter Plowman’s Ass’n held a banquet Tuesday evening in the Thames Road United Church when 7 5 sat down to a sumptuous supper provided by the ladies of the W. A. Following the supper a good program was carried out, the guest speaker being Dr. Christie, of the O. A. C„ Guelph. Mr. A. Morgan acted as chairman. THROAT SORE? (COMMON SORE THROAT) RUB IN ■■■■■ Hta .V ‘You bet it does, son. You’ll soon be racing down the old college gridiron.” “Will I really go to college, Daddy?’ ’ “You certainly will . . . I’m making sure of that, now. Mummy and I’ve got a Savings Account at the Bank of Montreal that’s growing just like you.” * * * Many Canadian fathers—whether they had the chance to go to college themselves or not—-are now saving at the B of M . . . making sure their sons will have that opportunity. They’ve learned from experience how helpful a sound education is to real success in life . . . and they know that a Savings Account at the B of M is a sound way to provide for it. Your son’s col­ lege education is too important to leave till tomorrow. Why not start a Savings Account at the B of M today and make it grow with him.wba saving 'W 4re building %