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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-02-19, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19th, 1948 V Wje Exeter Wme£=Si) b curate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1021 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario- Quebec Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30th, 1947 - 2,214 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott - Publishers Robert Southcott - THURSDAY> FEBRUARY 19thj 194g Re Scout — Guide Week The world needs self-reliant young people who have a sincere regard for others, irrespective of racial origin or re- | ligious belief, said a prominent world ; figure recently in discussing Boy Scout and j Girl Guide Movements. In Canada this I week, some 16'5,000 boys and girls will j begin an annual observance known as Boy ; Scout — Girl Guide Week. They are proud members of two movements which are training young people in self-reliance with respect for other regardless of racial or religious beliefs. That the teachings of Scouting and Guiding are playing a vital role in the moulding of the citizens is reflected in the further comment of the world leader quot­ ed above: “If we can impress upon our youth principles of friendliness and mutual respect, we shall go a long -way towards establishing a better understanding among the nation of the world.” It is apparent that as more and more of our children become Scouts and Guides, they will be inspired to do their best to do their duty to God and their country, to obey the Scout and Guide Law, and to help other people. It is well said that Canadian Scouts and Guides are “TRAIN­ ING TO SERVE CANADA”. Let us work together to make these programs available to more and more Canadian boys and girls. Read, Mark, Learn, And Inwardly Digest Barbara Ann Scott has told the world that she began training for the event that made the world’s skating queen when she was six years old. That is, she learned to skate properly and skated in no other way. She added continuously to her knowledge of her art and applied what she learned. What she did she did proficiently. She persistently learned to do by doing. There was no luck about it. As far as mastery of her art could be learned and practiced, she learned and practiced. Bounteous na­ ture gave her aptitudes. Her inward urge enabled her to improve with her growth. She knew what she wanted and kept right after her objective until at last her aim was attained. Natural skills, a wonderful physical endowment and a wise mother all had their part in making this fine young woman one of the finest in her day. * Sr ❖ “It’s Lots Of Fun” Alphonso's car had got off the road that early spring morning. We were more fortunate than he for we had got past the slippery place. We offered to help. “Thanks,” came the response, “you’d only get into trouble. I’m having lots of fun.” When we were making our return trip Al- phonso was not there. Lie had got out of his trouble on his own. That same summer we found the same hopeful spreading gra­ vel on the road. “That’s hard work,” we commented. “No, it’s lots of fun,” and he finished the job by Saturday at five. Later we came upon this youngster who by now was graduated from the medical school and on his own. A especially bad case IricI de­ veloped and Alphonso was called in for he was now an eminent specialist. “You’ll have a rough time, doctor,” we suggested. “No,” came the reply, “it’s lots of fun,” and he studied and worked until the pa­ tient was on his feet. Had this boy and man found out something? The job in each case was ahead of him and had to be done. He regarded the toil as fun. Of course, he sweated and toiled .and met reverses but he regarded the whole thing as fun though his wliole soul was bent on achievement. Drying Up The Spring Neither man nor nation prospers on any other basis than the thrift basis. Yet that basis is being steadily dried up by the low interest rates paid by our banks and kindred institutions. The day was when the test of a business deal was the amount one could put in the bank after the deal was made out. That has not been the case for a considerable time. One must keep his money circulating, one was told everywhere. The’result has been that an army of folk have been setting up in busi­ ness when they were not qualified to do so. They have struggled along making one failure after another until they found them-* selves stripped of their meagre savings, discontented and in the ranks of the un­ employed. They have lost the state of mind in which they could have served themselves and society under the direction of a good leader but are unable to on their own power. We were talking to a man who was reputed to be well off, who told, us with considerable heat, “Had I ' taken my father's patrimony, it was not much, I can assure you, and put that money in the bank and taken to the work­ man's overalls, I’d be a whole lot better off today." There are more men in this position than we dream. The miserable in­ terest doled out by the banks and kindred institutions, is a real enemy to our indi­ vidual and national prosperity. It stifles real thrift, puts more noise and motion into business and misleads the common­ wealth, generally. Read the reports of some of our business houses and you’ll see that we are telling the truth. $ ❖ ❖ Just The Thing We have noticed some skating rinks in the village. We do not refer to the big affairs where crowds disport themselves. We are mentioning the rinks in the back­ yards. Some of these are not more than ten feet square. Others are large enough for a small game of hockey to be played with comfort. What we like about these rinks is that they are family and neigh­ bourhood affairs. On these rinks every youngster has his chance. With the larger rinks, the youngster is likely to be found standing on the sidelines while the larger and stronger monopolize the fun and the benefit. On the small skating rink the tiny can tumble and sprawl and roll to his heart’s delight. Dad and Johnny are there while mother takes part as she feels like it. Johnny and Mary have their friends in for the fun. All of them come in from the exercise rosy and hungry and ready to sleep the sleep of the vigorous. Instead of hanging about the club, Dad skates and learns the names of this children. Johnny and Mary are right there with mother and dad and headed away from the police and towards sound health and clear brains. In time all too short, the youngsters are away on their own with sound bodies and clean minds. These little rinks and other back­ yard play grounds are real play grounds. The exercise there taken is taken for its own sake. Such exercise is real play. Fur­ ther, the children have there the blessed privilege of making their own fun, the only kind of fun the children really relish. We’ll never forget the fun we had out there on the pond on the farm. We have enjoyed nothing like it in crowded, noisy rinks. We had our own hills for sleigh riding compared with which specially made affairs were poor. Not Wise It seems that a Mr. Barnes is intro­ ducing a bill into the Massachusetts legis­ lature that would forbid the employment of teachers or workers in the schools if such parties are in any way tinged with communism. We do not approve of Mr. Barnes move. We disapprove of commun­ ism and all its works but we believe the health of Americans is so strong that we can throw off all such teaching and influ­ ences as Mr. Barnes is troubled about. We are not in favour of any such measure. What are we to do about it? We have our free American life to show for our beliefs. The communists have the fruits of their doctrine. We can but leave the two ways of life to speak for themselves. To take the course suggested by Mr. Barnes is to give a halo of, persecution to the commun­ ists and to have them tell us that we are forsaking our confidence in freedom. If the communist’s advance arguments in es­ pousal of then* way of thinking, we have the blessed privilege of replying by argu­ ments. We have but little confidence in a cloistered virtue. »!« * * ❖ Note and Comment Well, the election’s over and the town and the country go on their plodding Way. * * * Farmer Gray is looking over his maple syrup manufacturing outfit. So far, the conditions point to a record run of sap. Canada was little disturbed by the financial capers of France, Being unmov­ ed is evidence of her financial .stability. ❖ # ❖ ❖ We cherish the opinion that the people of the Windsor area were particularly glad to hear the patter of the raindrops last Friday. >!: ijc How interesting to note the propagan­ da regarding those high prices! A short time ago it was alleged that the war in Europe was the cause of the high cost of living. Now We are told that it is the un­ rest in Europe that is the cause of our domestic woes. WHY DOESN’T HE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? ■Carmack in the Christian Science Monitor a—— —— a As the----— “TIMES® Go By gji""'"'"™™™.......................... , 50 YEARS AGO The Band Concert held in Gidley’s Opera House on Wed­ nesday night last was well at­ tended and the program was of a high order. Mr. I. W. Lomas, the famous trombone soloist, de­ monstrated marvellous skill and has achieved wonderful excel­ lence on that instrument. 'Mr. Bert Harvey, a humorist of rare abilities, on every appearance delighted his audience. Another very successful carni­ val was held in the Exeter Skat­ ing Rink on Monday night last. The attendance was .good and the various events were well represented. The two mile race was the most interesting event of the evening. Following are the prizes awarded: Two mile race, Geo. O’Neil; one mile race, L. Cann: jockey race, Allen Myers; ladies’ best character costume, Miss I. O’Neil as Mary, Queen of Scots; Miss M. Wal­ ters as Sister of Charity; flower girl, Miss F. Rowtcliffe, Miss A. Cudmore; negro character, Lorne Cann; gent’s best charac­ ter, Wm. Abbott as Silver King. Mr. D. Jaques left Tuesday to attend the Royal Templar convention in St. Thomas. The Reform Rally in Gidley’s Opera House on Tuesday after­ noon was well attended. The Hall was packed and many were unable to gain admittance. Mr. Geo. McEwen, of Hensail, pre­ sided over the meeting. Between the speeches the Laurier Quar­ tette, of London, rendered se­ veral selection. Those speaking were Geo. McEwen, Mr. A. Bis­ hop, Mr. W. H. Taylor, Mr. M. Y. McLean and Hon. A. S. Hardy. wood; child’s fancy, Marjory May. The judges were A. Tra- quair, C. T r 1 e b n e r; Frank Creech and V. Berdux. The weather turned mild Sun­ day and a heavy downpour of rain visited this section during the night and caused a great deal of snow to disappear. Col­ der weather on Monday froze things up and stormy weather prevailed on Tuesday. The ice harvest has been in full swing for the past week. The ice this season is of splen­ did quality from nine to twelve inches thick and clear as crystal. 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Let us give you the facts. Come in and get a demonstration. Darling Pays Cash DEAD OR DISABLED Cows each $10.00 Horses each $ 8.00 Hogs per cwt.$ 3.00 25 YEARS AGO Messrs. D. Davis and D. A. Pollock, of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, enjoyed a long snowshoe tramp on Saturday last when they made a trip over the snow to the latter’s home at Grand Bend. Mr. Bert Clarke’s home had a narrow escape from fire on Thursday of last week. Soft coal was being burned in the furnace and the fire became so hot that the flooring in-the second storey where the pipe runs through became ignited and started to blaze. It was soon put out. Messrs. Walter Cunningham and Thos. Pryde are in Toronto this week attending a conven­ tion of marble dealers. Mr. Gordon Davis has secured a good position as travelling salesman for a Toronto roofing firm. The storm which raged for several days last week tied up traffic completely. They manag­ ed to get one train through a day. 15 YEARS AGO The first carnival of the sea­ son was held in the Exeter Arena on Tuesday evening with a good attendance. The ice was in excellent condition. The fea­ ture .of the evening was the mile open race for the Chevrolet Cup and was won by Gordon Haist, of Crediton. Mr. V. B'erdux was second. The boys’ race was won by William Kydd, of Exeter North. The prizes for the cos­ tumes were won as follows: ladies’ fancy, Margaret Ellering- ton; character, Greta Dearing; comic. Jean Pilon; mystery, Ei­ leen Snell; men’s fancy, W. W. Lawrence and W. II. Harness as Amos an’ Andy; character, Gail Browning; comic, E. An­ derson; mystery, Vernon Hey­ IO YEARS AGO On Friday evening of last week while the Adult Bible Class of the James Street Sun­ day School were holding a social evening in the church, .some person or persons played a das­ tardly trick that might have resulted i n serious damage. They took the cap and nut from one of the rear wheels of Mr. Bert Bissett’s buggy. Mr. and Mrs. Bissett had gone about a block when the wheel came off. Fortunately they had a, quiet horse and little damage was done. Mr. Earl Allen, who has been employed in the garage of Mr. Thos. Coates, has accepted a position at Elmira and leaves shortly for that place. Miss Ella Link, of town, has accepted a position in Wiatford, in the millinery and ready-to- wear department of A. Brown and Company. Despite the disagreeable wea­ ther on Sunday evening there was standing room only in Lea­ vitt’s Theatre for the concert put on by the Exeter Concert Band. Mr. J. Laugheed, of Hamilton, Canada’s foremost trombone soloist and whistler, made his second appearance on the Exeter stage and delighted •the audience with his numbers. The first of a series of five extension lectures by the faculty of the University of Western Ontario was given in Caven Presbyterian Church Wednesday evening of last week. Dr. D. J. Wilson spoke on the present status of hypnotism. Mr. Preston Dearing, who has made a special name for himself with his Dorset Horned Sheep, was elected a Director of the Sheep Breeder’s Association in Toronto last week. SMILES .... Farmer: “Yes, sir, that hired man of mine is one of the grea­ test inventors of the century.” City Boarder: “You don’t say! What did he invent?” Farmer: “Petrified motion.” It was one of mother’s most hectic days. Her small son, who had been playing outside, came in with his pants torn. “You go right in, remove your pants, and mend them yourself.” Some time later, she went to see how he was getting along. The torn pants were lying on the chair, the door to the cel­ lar, usually closed, was open and she called down loudly and and sternly: “Are you running around down there without your pants oil?” “No, Madam, I am reading the gas meter,” fl. TO SIZE AND CONDITION Small Animals Removed FREE PHONE COLLECT ACCORDING DARLING & CO OF CANADA LTD. CHATHAM, ONTARIO fiS Hay Council The Council of the Township of Hay met . in the Council chambers, Zurich, Ontario, on Monday, February 2nd, at 1:30 pan. The minutes were read and adopted. The following corres­ pondence was presented. United Polish Relief Fund; A. Heidman re; rent; A. H. Erskine^ re: St. Joseph lots and list of lands for sale. T. H. Hoffman; Asso­ ciation of assessing officers, The Ontario association of Rural Municipalities; Ont. Good Roads Association. The following mo­ tions were then passed: That the County Treasurer he notified not to include in tax sale for 1948 any of J. N. Can­ tin’s land at St. Joseph that is .under dispute with the Joseph Bedard state. That $5.00 per month rent for A. Heideman’s house as per Wartime Prices and Trade Board rental appraiser’s decision be granted. That permission be granted to Dashwood Police Village to in­ stall a switch in the Hay Muni­ cipal System Central at Dash­ wood, connecting the switch to be used to set off the Fire siren. Agreement to be signed by Dashwood Police Village Trustees, and Clerk and Reeve of Hay Twp. The Hay Municipal Telephone System not to be held liable in any way in case Switch does not work. Installation Ex­ penses to be borne by Dash­ wood Village. That the caretaker, Mrs. Fan­ ny Bender, be re-engaged for 1948. That accounts for Relief, Hay Municipal Telephone System, Roads, and the Hay Town­ ship general accounts be paid as per voucher. Roads, Louis Masse, $154.56; Alphonse Masse, $200.50; Ross Corbett, $3.00; Bill Coleman, %$7.23; Donald Mousseau, $7.25; Klopp’s Garage, $57.79; Cecil Johnston, $1.25; Wm. Jennison, $95.00; Zurich Motors, -$29.56; Chuter Service Station, $5.58; Zurich Garage, $28.83; James Masse, gas, oil, labour, $170.93; Harry Rose, $25.15; Passmore Garage, $18.57; H. W. Broken- shire, U. Ins. stamps, .$10.08. Relief: Mrs. John Suplat, $30.00; Mrs. Edith Mason, $15; Emma Bassow, $8.9 0; A. Heide- man (rent), '$5.00. Hay Municipal Telephone Sy­ stem: T. H. Hoffman, $322.44; H. G. Hess, $305.94; Customs and Excise, $407.20; H. W. Brokenshire, $71.17; MacDonald Electric, $55.00; Automatic Electric, .$25.00; Stromberg Carlson, $171.94; Northern Electric, $318.38. Hay Township General Ac­ counts, Leonard Sararas, $3.0(f; Charles R>au, $6.00; Ontario Municipal Association, $5.00; Hy Eickmeier, $42.25; H. W. Bro­ kenshire, $75.70; Mrs. IFhnny Bender, $85.00; Hay Municipal Telephone System, $1600.00. That the meeting toe adjourn­ ed to meet again on Monday, March 1st, 1948 at 1:30 p.m. H. W. BROKENSHIRE, Clerk GEO. ARMSTRONG, Reeve “Nobody will ever care for me.” “Don’t say that. After all, in this world there’s a man for every woman. 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