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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-04-01, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL. 1st, 1948 'QTfje Cxeter Ones=^bbocate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1921 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning nt 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 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, ijitJ.iSO a year United States, in advance, $3,00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott ‘ Publishers Robert Southcott ~~ THURSDAY, APRIL 1st, 1948 Build Better Than Before Exeter remembers her northern neigh­ bour, Wingham, with sympathy in her flood disaster. Her misfortune is just one of those things that grip the heart. We have some idea of the labour involved in building what the flood has pulled down. We can­ not know the disappointment our neigh­ bours felt as they saw the toil of years swept away by the merciless floods. Those ruined roads and undermined walls and tottering* bridges presented a sorry spec­ tacle to the enterprising citizens of the northern capital. It is good to know that our fellow citizens are facing up to the disaster. The men who built once can and will biuld again, and build better than was built before. In their courageous efforts they have the unqualified good will of this section of the country. ' * * Forward Again Recent conditions have been causing tliu village father to reach for their head­ ache pills. Cellars are again flooded, though, by comparison Exeter is one of the favoured villages of the province. Any­ one who will come forward with a system of drainage that will meet our situation will bee regarded as a public benefactor. For the most part our streets have suffer­ ed little from the early spring conditions. At the same time we need to be on the job to take care of one of those* sudden cloud bursts .sure to come unexpectedly and with a violence that cannot be con­ trolled when the storm is raging. A storm lias a way of destroying in five minutes what has taken a community a whole life­ time to build up. When the weather is fine is the opportunity to prepare for the inevitable tempest. * * * * Why Some Prices Have Advanced We used to hear a great deal about the boundless natural resources of Canada. We are hearing less of that sort of thing these days. And we are going to hear still less of that sort of talk as the 'world grows older. Roads were once made of corduroy. These roads were rough but they served the purpose for which they were built. In these days the timber used for corduroy is required for other purposes when it can be had at all. Later, the better class of was made of planks. Such roads simply cannot be had. The plank is needed for house and such construction works. Just now there is a shortage of maple syrup. The syrup is not only scarce but high pric­ ed. One reason for the increased cost is the scarcity of fuel for boiling. The odds and ends of wood formerly used for this boiling have been used up. Trees are be­ coming scarcer every season. Coal for fuel in the .sugar camp is difficult to secure and is costly when it may be had. In the days of our fathers, farms were fenced by rails or poles secured on the farm. This sort of thing is passing. Farmers are met by new ■expenses and increasing expenses at every turn. We were wasteful of our raw mater­ ials and now everybody is paying the price of such waste. '*• ❖ ❖ * * The Loss is There Folk who have had the misfortune to have the recent flood run through their houses tell of six inches of dirt left on the floor after ‘the waters receded. In many cases this dirt is the fine crop-producing earth from farmers’ fields. All of which gives a thoughtful person some very slight idea of the enormous loss to farm property wrought by the rampaging rivers and streams in the present spring. Farmers in. many cases do not realize the damage wrought them this season. If a thief had cleaned out their henroosts or made away with a two year old steer or with a hog ready for the market, there would have been a lively cry of "Stop thief!” When it comes to soil loss the farmers are con­ tent to put up with things as they are and refuse take effective action to prevent si­ milar or greater losses that may overtake them at anytime the clouds misbehave themselves. We learn very slowly. However experience rubs in what we otherwise would allow to go unheeded. ❖ * * ‘ JJs Those Criminally Insane A neat tragedy occurred, the other day when two criminally insane persons attack­ ed their protectors with knives. This is an incident that cannot bo passed over lightly. The criminally insane make up a peculiar­ ly dangerous 'class of society, as anyone knows who has given that class of citizens special study. These persons have lost their power of understanding cause and ef­ fect or of adapting means to ends. They differ from other people largely in their point of view. Indeed, in many cases they have an almost uncanny acuteness of in­ tellect. They are, in many cases, alert aA hove their ’ fellows. Further, they often have a secretiveness and a power of con­ cealment that often outwits their guar­ dians, With them, the unexpected deed flashes out with a suddenness and an ef­ fectiveness that their guardians seen un­ able to prevent or to guide. Their care, therefore, is a task for the experienced. No one should be in charge of these unfor­ tunates who does not know his job and who has not the ability to exercise constant vigilence in the discharge of duty. We have a great deal to learn before we can handle this class of citizen constructively. ❖ * ❖ ❖ Training For Leaders 'I'he capers of the Dominion parlia­ ment in which one part seems in ascendan­ cy for a moment only to have that ascen- i daney overthrown the next, reminds us of the importance of having men prepared for their public duties from their youth upwards. From the days a youngster en­ ters school lie should have a sense of in­ dividual responsibility for the good of the whole school. The days have been when the youngsters looked upon school as the one place where it was everyone for him­ self with the teacher being public enemy number one. Self-government was not even thought of. The youngster’s point of view even now is not given the consideration its importance deserves. We do not believe that the. baby should beat the nurse but we cannot get away from, the thought that the pupil’s thought for his welfare is to be considered. We have heard a good deal a- bout developing the child’s mind but we overlook the fact that the child’s mind al­ ready is developed.—but as a child’s mind. He understands as a child and as a child thinking and understanding, he is worthy of consideration on the part of the au­ thorities. His thinking and understanding are for their stage as real and genuine thinking and understanding as can be found anywhere. We make a sorry mess of things when we undertake to do a young­ ster’s thinking for him. One hnperative duty of the older generation is to discover what a youngster is thinking. Of course the child is not a magistrate, yet young­ sters have a way of forming an opinion among their contemporaries and of making that opinion a determining force among those of their own age. What wc believe is that teachers should be encouraged to have their charges made self-governing through their own selected leaders. Teachers and trustees have theii- rights and their duties. So have the pupils and the pupils should be encouraged to let others know what they are thinking of in the sphere in which the youngster’s life is carried on. When this principle is acted on throughout all the grades and through Sunday School and university, when the youngsters be­ come adults they cannot but be prepared to a very considerable extent for the res­ ponsibilities of citizenship. * ❖ # Changed His Mind Some time ago Uncle Sam was all out for dividing Palestine into two parts, giv­ ing one to the grabs’ and one to the Jews. Lately, he has changed his mind. He is no longer for a division of that country. He wants the United Nations to take, over a trusteeship of that unhappy country and to leave the land to the Jews and Arabs to do the dividing. We wonder what .would happen if the country were left to itself. We are pretty sure that Uncle Sam has a business eye on oil in Persia and sees that Palestine has a great deal to do with get­ ting that oil. Russia is of the same opin­ ion and has been waiting to sec the rest of the, world locked in conflict over the situation. As soon as the other nations get to quarreling, Russia hopes to secure the, oil. She may be badly mistaken. * sjs # . Will there, be a depression? The president of the. United States fears that such a period is knocking at our doors. Does he know anything about it? is in position to be about the, best informed man on the continent. Further his high place, requires him to bo, careful but utter­ ly fearless in his utterance upon public questions. ”MIP TERMS” •Long in the Minneapolis Tribune As the— «HMES» Go By Bl——————-----— 50 YEARS AGO Rev. Ernest Grigg, who spent several years in missionary work in India, and who has been in -> Canada the last three years, left for Burmah on Wed­ nesday to again enter upon missionary labor. A baseball meeting was held in the Town Hall, Exeter, on Monday for the purpose of or­ ganizing a club for the coming season. Grounds have been se­ cured. The following officers were- elected; Hon. pres., T. B. Carling; .pres.. J. D- Bolton: vice-pres., T. J. Lockhart: man­ ager and chairman of committee A. Q. Bobier: captain, Geo. Anderson; sec.-treas., Ed. Eac- rett; committee, Geo. Ander­ son; Ed. Crocker: Bert Gidley, Geo. Eacrett and W. Zinger. About twelve o’clock on Thursday of last week a very serious and exciting runaway accident took place on Main street. Mr. Samuel Brock, of TJsborne, drove into the yard at the grist mill and stepped off the wagon onto the plat­ form to load some bags when from some unknown cause the team became frightened and dashed away running down Main Street pt a terrific speed. They continued in a straight course till they reached Huron street when they turned west and in so doing one of the horses ran into a tie post near the Mansion House which brought, both to an abrupt stop. The horse striking the post was so badly injured that it was afterwards shot. Mr. It. N. Rowe has made material improvement in his furniture warerooms by a new plate glass front. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. John McKenzie has pur­ chased the M'dlveen grocery business in the Cantelon Bros, stand in Clinton. Messrs. Pollen and Foote have taken over the garage on James Street and with their new facilities are well equipped to .give first class service. Mr. Wilfred Mack while split­ ting wood, had the ^nisfortune to cut his left hand when the axe he was using slipped. He severed the cord in the little finger. Miss I. Lovie has resigned her position with W. J. Statham and has taken a position at Grand Bend. Mr. Art Jones has sold liis fifty acre farm at Chiselhurst and is moving to Hensall to work at the tinsmithing. Mr. Thos. Wren, of Chisel­ hurst, lias opened ,up a harness shop in Hensall. 15 YEARS AGO P^rkhill Agent Honpred At the regular meeting of the Parkhill Lions Club W. J. Mas­ ters was presented with a wool blanket. Mr. Masters recently transferred to the C.N.R. agen­ cy at Ailsa Craig. He was a charter member of the Lions Club and had served the C.N.R. since 133X. Fire beiived caused by an oB burning brooder stove partially destroyed the interior of a barn belonging to Lennis O’Brien, Zurich, Thursday of last week. Loss, including 550 three week old chicks and a hound, will be over i$l,000. Are You Ruptured? Qur Service is Different, We Sell You a Fit in Our Private Truss Room Trusses, Belts, Supports of All Rinds SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Over 15 years experience, Your drugs at Robertson's Phone 50 Exeter ■■■■'■■I ........ .N.I.,.. I................................II.........................g lections and Mrs. Stainton and Miss Pearl Wood sang solos. At the close of the entertainment the players were entertained to luncheon at Middleton’s parlors Mr. Thomas Willis, of Centra­ lia, who recently resigned his position with the Shamrock creamery, has purchased the Lucan creamery. Mr. Garfield Thompson has accepted a posi­ tion with the Centralia cream­ ery. Mrs. W. Stone was the win­ ner of the Bluenose Rug con­ test conducted by Southcott Bros, and for her prize she re­ ceived a beautiful china tea set. Mr. C. W. Kestle, who has been with the Supertest Com­ pany at Seaforth is moving to Exeter and will have charge of the distributing station here. 1O YEARS AGO The Elocution and Musical Festival held in Main St. Unit­ ed church under the auspices of the Women’s Institute proved a very interesting and success­ ful event. The boys and girls who took part in the elocution, story telling and musical num­ bers are to .be commended for their effort. First prize winners were; Junior Elocution, Marie Melville; Senior Elocution, Bru- nnelle Watson; Story telling. Gwennetli Jones; Junior solo, Marguerite Hogarth; Senior solo, Keith Gordon; duet, Marie Melville and Shirley Appleton: piano, Betty Elliot. Twelve members of the Exe­ ter Lions Club motored to Stratliroy Tuesday evening to attend the district meeting of Zone 2. A banquet was served in the Town Hall. Archie McCurdy barely es­ caped with his life from the home of his son, Alvin McCurdy of the 12th concession in Us- borne Twp., near Kirkton, on Saturday night when the one and a half storey frame house took fire shortly before ten o’clock. Mr. McCurdy Sr., was at home alone and had retired early. He was awakened by dense clouds of smoke and the crackling of wood burning. A bucket brigade was soon form­ ed to save the barn. The fire burned the dwelling to the ground. Cause of the fire was not determined. Messrs. T- Pryde and C. V. Pickard were in Parkhill Wed- 'nesday evening of last week at­ tending a banquet that was’ tendered to the Parkhill hockey players. Parkhill is considering the erection of a new skating rink and have been impressed with the Exeter Arena. Mr. Pryde and Mr. Pickard were called on for short addresses outlining the manner in which Exeter had gone about to se­ cure the building. Mr. A. E. Paddon, of Toron­ to, Field-Secretary of the Ont­ ario Boy Scouts’ Association, paid a visit to the First Exeter Troup on Tuesday. A delightful musicale and tea was .given in the church par­ lors of James Street Church on Wednesday afternoon last by Group 4 of the W.A. with Mrs. J. A. Tnaquair as convenor who was assisted by Mrs. W. R. Goulding, the president. The guests were invited to the tea loom by Mrs. M. 0. Fletcher The coKributing artists repre­ sented in addition to the local churches were Hensall, Centra­ lia and Thames Road. The three-act comedy drama “Jimmy Be Careful” was put on in the Exeter Opera House by the Clinton players under the auspices of the Hurondale Women’s Institute. The play was especially wholesome and those present enjoyed a real treat. Miss Kathleen Strang played several instrumental se- SMILES . . . Wife: "That brazen Miss Vamp boasts she’s been kissed by every married man in town except one.” Husband (absently): "I won­ der who he is?” He worried about the weath­ er, he worried about his health, he worried about his business, he worried about his wealth. She worried about the child­ ren, she worried about her do tlios sli o woi*i*lod stli oii t til o neighbors, she worried about her woes. Thoy worried about their tax­ es, they worried about their pets, they worried about their future, they worried about their debts. They worried, still they wor­ ried; they worried, ln>t alas! They worried about a lot of things .that did not come to pass. Saves days of hand labor. Increases crop yield. Hiring work don® • LOW PRICED—will easily pay for itself this year by labor saved and increased yield. Always on hand when needed, may be too LATE AND COSTLY. 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