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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-02-26, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26th, 1948 Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1921 Advocate Established 1881 Published JSach Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Ah Independent Newspaper pevoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mall, Post Office Departihent, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the OWN A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30th, 1947 - 2,214 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, 82.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each J, Melvin Southcott:- Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1948 Shortage Of Electricity There is a shortage of electricity. The shortage is due to two causes among others. First, there has been an unexpec­ ted demand upon electricity. Second, the possibilities of developing electric power have been lessened. Water for running the generators of electric power simply can­ not be had at the present hour. Streams are frozen with the result that the gen­ erators simply cannot do their full work. Until there is more water than can be controlled at present we may look for a shortage of electric energy. In these un­ happy circumstances everyone is asked to conserve electricity for necessary purposes. There can be no doubt of the urgency of this request. We do not like interferences in our ways of carrying on, Let it not be forgotten that necessity knows no law’. As regards the use of electricity the time has come for us to put first things first. Plea­ sures and even comforts must give way to necessities. People are anxious on this point. # * * * Those Rowdies A few boys near Toronto had the urge for adventure. Accordingly they set out to destroy summer cottages and accomplished their aim. The cottage owners informed the police who immediately set out to cap­ ture the rowdies. The police, too, accom­ plished their aim. The young adventurers and their parents have found out that crime does not pay. Information is not to hand regarding what was done with the rowrdies. Our best information leads us to believe that the parents and boys alike do not like what was being done to them and what remains to be done to them. One wav and another the idea has got abroad that the police are a slow lot. We advise par­ ents and boys not to cherish this idea. When the law bites it bites hard. * ❖ * * A Grim Necessity It was disturbing to learn last Saturday moaning that we had not reduced our con­ sumption of electricity. This is altogether too bad. Little by little we are learning that the supply of electric power for any purpose is limited and that the limit is coming into sight. We are not up against a choice between luxury and convenience. We are faced by grim necessity. It is bet­ ter for us to use our electricity for ne­ cessary purposes only than to be deprived of it altogether. A Suggestion We pass on a suggestion for what it is worth. It has been suggested that during the shortage of power that the dancers patronizing dancing places should carry lanterns, in this way allowing the electri­ city to go to useful purposes. We have no recommendation in this matter. We have a lingering memory of fine dances and skat­ ing parties that were iluminated by tallow candles. Later the tallow gave way to the kerosene lamp. And rare times we had at. those old fashioned gatherings. t * * ❖ # We Shivered The other evening the radio announced that a blizzard was “raging” over Alberta and was moving “rapidly” towards On­ tario. Temperatures were to fall and a bad time of it was to be looked for generally. Well, by nine o’clock the following mor­ ning the sun was shining. And so the world moves on.* SS iS nS A Form Of Merchandising Signor Roasta Peanutti was approached not long ago by an inquirer regarding the state of trade. “Bad! What I make on da peanut I lose on the banana.” Funny, you say, Well, get a peep at what has gone on at the prices inquiry at Ottawa, “You charged that much for your citrus fruits?” inquired the committee. “Yes, but J lost on such and such”, and the wholesaler stood with arms akimbo or sat before the inquirers with a calm and steadfast mind. That is. the consumer was expected to make up for the wholesaler’s blundering incompetency to handle goods. Why should not the loss be passed back the. other way? Why should not the person who sold to the wholesaler have made up for the loss on the fruit that went bad. or otherwise did not add to the shekels of the whole­ saler? It may as well be noted that the public was not asleep when the wholesaler made his retort to the board of inquiry. Let it be noted that the public, is sick and tired of this thing of making the consumer the goat for all manner of business blun­ ders. We heard, too, that the prices of fruits were “to droi> tomorrow”. Madam Homemaker inquired for fruit when “to­ morrow” came and found that the price was just the same as it was on the day that the price reduction was announced. “You see, we have the goods on hand” was the explanation for the failure to reduce the price. Again the ultimate consumer was the goat. * 4C- We Are On The Watch That local visit of the thieves to our Post Office is a hint to us to give the thieves timely warning that we are on the watch for them. We are ready to give them the hottest sort of reception. Those flint locks and their successors have not been oiled up in vain. We thoroughly ap­ prove of those little groups who have or­ ganized themselves into vigilance commit­ tees. The fact that such committees do not advertize makes them no less efficient. * ❖ V ❖ Not Keen For The Job Uncle Sam is not keen to take over the Palestine situation. He sees all man­ ner of trouble likely to follow his so do­ ing. Some of the source of his supply of oil likely would be limited. Uncle Sam would not welcome any such consequence. The United Nations boggle at taking the place that Britain now holds. They simply are not prepared to do so. They liave not sufficient armed force wherewith to en­ force their* decrees. At anyrate it is far nicer to sit by the waters of Lake Success than to be looking along the barrel of a rifle with the business like eye of an Arab at the other end of the.barrel. Further, it is far easier to engage in academic discus­ sions than to be. obliged to devise workable measures for the peace of the Holy Land. When, things mess up at Lake Success, there always is the opportunity of adjourn­ ment “for further study of the situation”. Being responsible for law and order in a turbulent country is quite another matter. No, Uncle Sam prefers making profitable business deals to taking on any such job as enforcing laws in Palestine. The United Nations representatives find it easier, not to say more lucrative, to continue the work of their debating club to settling a dispute that they apparently do not understand. ❖ * * # The Voluntary System Breaks Down We have been told a number of times that there was a shortage of electrical power. We concluded that it was a case, of “Wolf! Wolf!” and went on using the electricity to the top of our bent. There followed the pulling of switches and we learned with chagrin that, there was a shortage of electricity. We had been called upon to scrimp and save in view of neces­ sities but we did not care. If my children laugh and are warm and my business is kept running as usual and, if possible, a little better than usual, cwho cares? We are not all that way, thanks be, but the thoughtless and the careless make it harder for a good many. We wonder what would become of this good county were all of us to put the same vim into our daily living that those candidates for provincial hon­ ours put into their election campaign. ❖ ❖ ❖ * Note and Comment Electricity is a part of our modern works but not its main spring. n- ❖ # This village knows how to fight. It also knows when to bury the hatchet. »!« * ❖ ❖ The best time for shutting off the. supply of electricity is when we don’t need it. ❖ # ❖ We saw dad out looking over the back yard for the first appearance of garden soil. « * * * That disappointed, groundhog has miss­ ed a whole lot of fine weather by running hack into his den. # ❖ Punctuality at public and committee meetings together with good terminal faci­ lities will help greatly in conserving elec­ tricity. Oh well, we suppose that it is all right for those smaller, outlying places like Lon­ don and St, Thomas to be deprived of electricity from time to time. We understand that some parties have the control of the waters of the Thames Valley under advisement. That is a good idea. But will advisements prevent floods? “NO-MAN’S LAND” ....................,....... riirw.rrirTn.w .. .................. ES —Page in the Louisville Courier-Journal As the--------- «TIMES« Go By A—---------------- -----------------------------y—----------------------------------------------------------- - ® 1,500,000 jobs were filled through the National Employment Service in twenty-two months—January, 1946, to November, 1947. 421,146 of these jobs were found for veterans. 5,534 more were found for persons in the higher earnings bracket through the Executive and Pro­ fessional Division of the Service. 26,531 more of these placements were made through the Special Place-* 'ments Division for physically handicapped workers— 50 YEARS AGO Tuesday was a very busy day for our politicians. On that day the electors of South Huron met in Hensail to nominate candi­ dates for the election now pen­ ding to the Legislative Assem­ bly. Never in any former con­ test in this riding has so keen an interest been taken, by the public and never before were, gathered at the nomination mee­ ting so many of the electors. As it was natural, both parties put on their best front for the nom­ ination and large forces were paraded for Mr. Henry Eilber, of Crediton, as Conservative, and Mr. Munro Y. McLean, of Seaforth, as Reform, who were elected to represent South Hu­ ron. Mr. George O’Neil was suc­ cessful in winning first prize in the two mile race and first in the one mile race >at the Carni­ val in Hensail on Thursday night last. Hilton Bissett has engaged with Mr. E. A. Follick to learn baking. Wesley Vale left this week for Montreal where he will fill a position as printer in one of •the large offices there. The following attended millin­ ery openings in London and Toronto this week, Miss Susie Weekes, Miss H. White and Misses Welsh. Mr. A. McDonell. who left here a few weeks ago with a load of horses for the Old Coun­ try market, returned home Tues­ day night last. 'Mr. McDonell’s passage over was an extremely rough one and unfortunately he lost three valuable horses. 25 YEARS AGO The girls' hockey team froir the Exeter High School went to Zurich Saturday and played a game with the Zurich girls re­ sulting in a tie 1-1. Exeter’s lone tally was scored by Amelia Acheson. It was a strenuous game. The Exeter line-up was as follows: Goal, Florence Harvey; defense, Mildred Rowe, Mary El­ worthy; forwards, Amelia Ache­ son, Gertie Francis, .Margaret Wethey; subs, Helen Wethey and Helen Elder. The choir concert held i n James Street Church on Monday evening was a success. Rev. W. H. Piercy, dramatic reader, fur­ nished the greater part of the program. The choir sang four anthems, those taking solo‘parts being Miss H. Snell, Messrs. Walter Cutbush and C, Godbolt. Mrs. G. Williams and Miss V. Essery sang a duet, as did Misses Elva Haiwey and Stella Southcott; a trio was sung by Misses C. Parsons, Thelma Ford and Anna Bell; quartette by Messrs. Elford, Martin, Miners and Sanders. The 15 h.p. steam engine of Mr. S. J. V. Cann, opposite the Metropolitan Hotel, ran away on Tuesday and did considerable damage to his shop. Something went wrong with the govenors. A 60 foot shafting was broken from its hangers and badly twis­ ted. Some of the pulleys were broken and thrown about. The exhibits at the seed show which was held in the Hensail Town Hall, on Friday of last week, would have done credit to a Provincial Show. The judge was Prof. Squirrel, of the O.A.C, and following the judging ho addressed the gathering. 15 YEARS AGO A large crowd Was present at the Opera House bn Wednesday evening of last week to see the men of Caven Church present "Cavcn Men Step Out”, The first part of the program was a meeting of the Ladies’ Aid in which the men of the church dressed as ladies carried out a business session. The men were cleverly gowned in feminine at­ tire. The second part consisted of a very clever sketch entitled “The First Beauty Contest”. The negro debate was perhaps the hit of the evening. The subject of the debate was “ Resolved that female “speckey” is more deadly than the male. With black faces and colorful costume the debaters presented an inter­ esting appearance. Between acts a cornet solo was played by H. Gidley and a cornet duet by Alex Strang and Richard Stan- bury. The last number on the program was a selection by Sou­ sa’s Band which comprised all who had taken part in the pro­ gram, with musical instruments of all descriptions. The band was led by Andy Easton. The whole program was written by Miss E. Ross, a teacher of the Exeter High School. Miss Ross was pre­ sented with a bouquet of flow­ ers on behalf of the cast by Richard iStanbury. Thos. Brooks, who is employ­ ed with Traquair & Lindenfield, is taking a six weeks’ course of instruction in tinsmithing and plumbing at Hamilton. The Exeter branch of the Canadian Legion, after holding its regular meeting with Mayor G. S. Atkinson, D.D.S., president in charge, entertained all return­ ed men to a smoker and euchre party on Friday evening of last week. Over 40 in all were guests and after refreshments were served, had the pleasure of hearing Charles Sills, of Sea­ forth, 'district zone representa­ tive of the Canadian Legion, de­ livered a spirited address. IO YEARS AGO One of the most treacherous ice storms of the winter visited this section Thursday of last week. Streets and sidewalks were coated with a ifiJm of ice as slippery -as .glass. Miss Ella Link left Sunday for Watford to assume her new position as head of the millinery and ready-to-wear department in the store of A. Brown and Co. On Thursday evening of last week Mrs. R. Goulding enter­ tained a few friends 'to a social evening in Miss Link’s honor. Some youthful miscreant play­ ed a mean trick on a horse be­ longing to Mr. F. S. McBride, of Lucan, Thursday of last week tied in the shed of the James Street United Church. Mr. Mc­ Bride on returning to the shed, found that the horse’s tail had been clipped, leaving only the stump. Mr. S. M. Sanders last week retired from the choir of James Street United Church having completed 53 years of faithful service. Mr. Atliiir Tapp left Monday for Daulpbin, Manitoba, where he will again have charge of a hatchery there. A large number of persons were in town Wednesday after­ noon of last week to attend the Cockshutt “Parade of Progress” presented by Mr, John Campbell, the local Cockshutt dealer.’ Stewart Cann, local (Free Press carrier, along with suc­ cessful carriers from Wingham, Goderich and other points, was a guest of the Free Press, Lon­ don, last week-end. On Saturday they attended a hockey game in Toronto when the Americans and Maple Leafs played. The boys thoroughly enjoyed themselves, returning home on Sunday, For an education in BUY-olo- gy , . . Read the WANT-ADS’ 204 for persons totally blind, 825 for persons totally deaf, and 53 for persons handicapped by double amputations. Make full use of your local office of the National Employment Service. Department of Labour HUMPHREY MITCHELL, Minister of Labour A. MacNAMARA, Deputy Minister Farmers! Woodcutters! Make a Phone 615rl4 ROLAND NEIL AILSA CRAIG, ONTARIO Sales & Service Get a HORNET POWER CHAIM SAW money and save work with Hornet Power Chain Saw. It works fast—slices through heavy hard­ wood with ease. Simple to operate. The Hornet is built to do tough jobs. It starts easily in any weather. Weight approximately 60 lbs. Let us give you the facts. Come in and get a demonstration. --------------HEAR------------- "Queen’s Park Report Mo. fi" by PREMIER GEORGE DREW "HIGHWAYS FOR TOMORROW” . Friday, February 27 CKNX 920 8:00-8:15 pan. A lady, lunching at the house of a friend, praised the sauce that was served, and was given permission to ask the cook for tlie recipe. 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