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THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7
A Necessity
If industries in Ontario are to be kept
going satisfactorily, there must be a con
servation of electricity. There is no doubt
about this stern fact. The problem is to
get a sufficient supply of electrical power
for* tliis purpose. Those in charge of our
electric facilities tell us that every man,
woman and child using electricity supplied
by the commission must do his best to use
as little electricity as possible. The follow'-
ing among other suggestions are put for
ward : Electric light bulbs are not to be
left burning -when doing so serves no prac
tical purpose; lights in the cellar and in all
unoccupied rooms should be turned off;
high power burners are not to be used
when a lowei’ powered burner will serve
the required purpose; overloading ma
chines of any sort is to be avoided; day
light is to be used to the limit; heating
rooms by electric appliance,', i.s to be dis
pensed; all electric bulbs are required to
be kept clean; refrigerators are to be de
frosted at least once a week, the refrigera
tor itself is to be used carefully; when
electricity is not in use it should be shul
off immediately; all beat generated by
electricity is to be utilized to the limit.
One injunction covers the whole saving of
electricity, viz. “put your mind to work
every time you use electricity”. It is good
for one's pocket book as well as for one’s
province so to do. As this is being written
Exeter is running three thousand points
above the amount of electricity allotted to
her. Should this continue the village may
look for some necessary but annoying
switch pulling. Sharp-eyed watchers are
on the trail of the wasters of electric
power.❖
They May Be Good for Us
This is no plea for the continuancv of
high prices. Still less is it a plea for some
of our blundering statesmen but it is a call
to make the best of the miserable finan
cial situation forced upon a good many of
us. The. fact is that we have been doing a
good deal of swaggering. We have been
slushing money about, forgetful that the
money was not within seventy per cent of
its face value. In a real sense a great
many had been paying their debts 'with
seventy cents on the dollar and congratu
lating themselves <>n their prosperity but
were quite forgetful that they were lucky
rather than wide awake business people.
Their gain was at the other fellow’s loss.
Some peo|de are waking up to the fact
that a piece of paper is simply a piece of
paper and not gold. Then the pinch of
prices is helping us to spice our supplies
with old-fashioned economy. Not only is
the housewife making the old clothes look
almost as good as the new but with wo
man’s skill she is proving what fine dishes
may be made from hitherto overlooked
commodities. Further, dainty people are
finding out that there is real delight in a
bit of hard work well done. Grandad and
some others are finding out that some real
work is a cure for some of the ills that we
were accustomed to believe to be the lot
of man, whereas labour is the lot of man
and his pleasure resort to boot. Further,
parents arc finding out that junior’s lean
ing towards juvenile delinquency of one
sort and another can be cured, not so
much by play as by employment that
means a good night’s rest. Some things are
discovered under one’s hat other than on
the storekeeper’s shelves. Fun and happi
ness are discovered by one’s fireside. The
machine or the article we were hustling’ to
the garbage wagon when given a square
once over was fit for more years of ser
vice. As wc muddle and blunder towards
war we are finding out that we not only
reap what wc sow but that we must en
dure what wc. vote for. Above all else we
are learning that a cheerful grin and a
lifted chin help some and have a way of
putting the price fixers to confusion, for
that is the way things are moving. As the
mentality and. the common sense of the.
people advance the miseries that now af
flict us* will disappear.
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A Great Discovery
“Wc must work with those who will
work with us,” Mr. Kevin announced last
week amid the thunderous applause of the
•folks in Europe who are trying or who
have given up tryng to work for peace by
agreement with Russia. He continued bv
intimialing that unless Russia played ball
with the fest of the world the rest of the
world would have to. get on without Rus
sia. Now Isn’t that wisdom in the highest
for you? In fact, those international up-
lifters are finding out the value in first
principles that they should have recognized
long ago. When World War I ended, Ar
thurs Balfour intimated that all the na
tions should simply lay down their arms
and take up their work where terrible ne-
eessity had compelled them to lay down
their productive living to restrain the dogs
of war. Instead, the foolish insisted that
we form a league of nations, only to find
that the nations could not pull together.
When World War II was over, in our fool
ish haste we insisted upon the. United Na
tions affair, an organization that was to
pollyani.se the, human race into being good.
In the presence of .real difficulties the
United Nations provely largely impotent.
At Last ,
In spite of fine talk we have found
that Russa differs fundamentally from the
rest of civilization as we know it. Russia
simply does not work with the rest of the
nations. This was seen and pointed out by
people who knew the facts. But the head
lines were so glaring and the drums and
tamburine.s created a noise so loud that the
common sense in her quiet dress was
scorned. And now fifty-seven nations cheer
themselves hoarse as Mr. Bevin tells them
that we must work with those who will
work with us. Surely another Daniel has
come to judgement. Those, fifty-seven na
tions actually have discovered what any in
formed man has known since he put on
his first pair of trousers. We’re a great
people 1
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Making Some Money
A generous friend brought us a basket
of apples the other day and rare beauties
they were in appearance and in flavour
and quality. “Flow come?” we asked in
surprise, for apples arc rare in the country
side. “Spraying and pruning and fertiliz
ing at odd times.” he replied, ‘bind about
your bush lot?” ‘‘It’s a gold mine.!”
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What Does This" Mean?
As the hydro power commssion called
for retrenchement in the use of electricity,
it was noted that certain firms were us
ing as much electricity as before the in
junction was set forth. Investigation proved
that these large concerns were not ignor
ing the wish of the Commission but they
were turning on the power generated bv
them in their own plants*. This display of
independence has set some of us think
ing. Does this* action on the part of the.
big business concerns indicate that wide
awake men foresaw the shortage and pre
pared against it? Did these, men listen to
out* boasting about our ample, supply of
electric power and engage in a quiet
smile? Does their action show the inada-
quacy of government controlled business,
and the inevitable failure of socialism, a
state of affairs in which the people own
the. means of production? At best social
ism and all kindred ways of carrying on
is a compromise affair in which medioc
rity. to say the least, replaces’ the best
thinking and the most virile effort of the
producers. What we call socialism in any of
its form lays a dead hand on enterprise.
Government best serves its high purpose
when it sees to it, furthermore that he,
reaps what* he has sown. The incident to
which attention has been called is worth
pondering carefully before we jump from
the frying pan into the fire.
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New Era in Canadian Government
The curtain is down on the great
Progressive-Conservative convention held in
Ottawa last week. It followed the Liberal
convention of a few weeks ago. As a re
sult of these conventions a new era in Ca
nadian government is about to open. The
old stalwart William Lyon MacKenzie King
i.s about to doff his mantle and a new lea
der, L. St. Laurent, is about to become
Canada’s new premier. Opposite him on
the Conservative benches will be Ontario’s
premier, Hon. George, Drew, the choice of
the national Progressive-Conservative con
vention in Ottawa last week. With two
new leaders a new atmosphere will no
doubt pervade the chamber of the law
makers and much of the wartime legisla
tion by Orders-in-council will be a thing of
the past. Mr. Drew has ably demonstrated
that lie i.s quite, competent to take issue on
Dominion affairs and backed by Mr. Dci-
Lmbaker, the Opposition benches will fill
the position that a two-party system is in
tended to do.
“THE ZONES HAVE SPREAD”
Bishop, in the St. Louis Star-Times.
As the---------
“TIMES* Go By
50 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Electric Light and
Power Company lias disposed of
its entire plant to Messrs. 0. C.
Tremaine, who has been mana
ger of the company, and Chas.
B. Snell, who recently conducted
the packing house here. The
new firm will be known by the
same name and will take pos
session immediately.
Mr. John Heywood has dis- j posed of his hundred .acre farm
I on the third concession of Us-
borne to Mr. S. Rowe.I A post office called Crediton
East ‘has been opened out in
Wesley Mitchell's store, opposite
Sweitzer’s grist mill.
Large quantities of apples are
being shipped from here daily.
Mr. P. Curtain shipped a car of
cattle to Montreal on Saturday.
Messrs. Prior and Armstrong
shipped a car of hogs to Inger
soll Wednesday.
Seaforth Juniors have dropped
out of the league lacrosse con
test in the Perth District. Mit
chell and Stratford will now
play off.
25 YEARS AGO
The Ford travelling caravan
with power farming machinery
visited Exeter on Monday and
held a demonstration on the
farm of Mr. Russell Hedden. A
fair crowd was present. In the
evening moving pictures were
given in front of the 'Ford gar
age.
Mr. William Andrew had the
misfortune to have both bones I
of the right arm fractured near I
the wrist when the engine he >
was cranking backfired. !
Mr. Preston Dearing, of Ste- j
phen, will be laid up for some
I time, the result of an unfortunate accident which happened on j
Friday last. Mr. Dearing was t
driving some cattle and attempt-
ed to alight from the buggy
while it was- in motion. His foot |
was caught in the wheel. Both
bones of the left leg were bro
ken between the ankle and the
knee.
One. of the plate glass win
dows in Jones & May was bro
ken on Sunday by a stone
thrown by a passing automobile.
The post office site south of
the .Bank of Commerce, which is
being fitted up for a playground,
was levelled up and seeded to
grass last week. The stones
were previously raked up and
carted away.
Excellent weathei’ prevailed
for the Kirkton Fair which was
held on Tuesday and Wednesday
of last week. The exhibition was
one of the best in the history of
the society. The indoor exhibits
were particularly fine, especially
the floral exhibits and the cook
ing surpassed all former years.
Messrs. William Hodgert" and
SMILES . . . .
Peg: “It’s a dollars and cents
marriage.’’
Meg: “Sounds ideal.”
Peg: "He hasn’t any dollars
and she hasn’t any sense.”
"Last night about three, while
I was still reading, a ghost came
through the wall just as if the
wall weren’t there,”
"What did you do?”
"I went through the opposite
wall the same way.”
"Well, Mary, now that we’ve
struck oil, I want you to have
some decent clothes,” said Far
mer Jones, handing his wife a
big roll of bills.
"Bill Jones, I’ll have you
know that I’ve worn decent
clothes all my life,” Mrs. Jones
replied. "Now I’m going to dress
like other women.” .
A widow visited a spiritualist
medium who satisfactorily pro
duced the deceased husband for
Fred Cole have returned home
after an extended visit to the
west.
15 YEARS AGO
Kirkton iF'air on Wednesday
afternoon was a splendid sue-
cess. The crowd was large and
the exhibits in all classes were
exceptionally good. The weather
was somewhat cloudy and cool
with threatening rain but it held
off until after the fair was over.
The Sebringville Band provided
the music.
Students of the Exeter High
School held an enjoyable weiner
roast at the fail’ grounds on Fri
day evening of last week, about
130 being present. Two bonfires
were lighted and marshmallows
and weiners with other refresh
ments were served and a most
enjoyable time was spent.
On Monday evening*, a most
interesting and profitable time
was spent in the James Street
Sunday School rooms, which
were very tastefully decorated,
when the Mission Circle had .as
its guest M-iss Edith Sparling, a
returned missionary from China.
Mr. H. Jennings, student, who
had charge of the Anglican
Church at Tara since the super
annuation of Rev. R. J. Murphy
last June, is the winner of a
scholarship at Huron College,
London, for last year’s work.
IO YEARS AGO
Kirkton had wonderful wea
ther for its fair Friday of last
week and its established record
in every department was main
tained. A splendid program of
sports kept the large crowd
keenly interested.
Mr. Albert Etherington, of Us-
borne, while cutting .corn on
Thursday of last week got his
right arm caught in. the corn
binder and the .arm was dis
located at the elbow.
Mr. G. M. Grant, who has for
the past four years acted as is
suer of motor licences for Exe-
ter and vicinity lias accepted a
full time contract as representa
tive for the Dominion Life As
surance Company of this dist
rict. Mr. R. G. Seldon has been
appointed to the position.
The site for the new school
building was staked out Tues
day. The location is on the same
street as the present school and
east of the school. The school
will face north. The contract foi
the general trades was let Mon
day to the Putherbough Con
struction Company, of London.
The tender for plumbing and
for the electrical installation to
Cornish Bros., of Elimville.
Fire of unknown origin des
troyed the large frame shed at
the rear of St. Paul’s Anglican
Church, ‘Hensall, and belonging
to the church property.
a little chinfest.
"Dear John?’ the widow ques
tioned eagerly, “are you happy?”
"I am very happy,” the spook
assured her.
‘‘Happier than you were on
earth with me?” the widow
asked.-
“Yes,” John asserted, "I am
happier now.”
"Oh, do tell me, John,” the
widow cried, "what is it like in
Heaven?”
"Heaven?” the spook snapped.
“I ain’t in Heaven I”
A woman approached the
pearly gates and spoke to Saint
Peter,
"Do you know is my husband
is here? His name is Smith.”
"Lady, we have lots of them
here, You’ll have to be more
specific.”
".Toe Smith,”
"Lotsa those, too. You’ll hate
to be more definite.”
"Well, when he died, he said
that if I was ever untrue to him
he’d turn over in his grave.”
“0 h, you mean ‘Pinwheel*
Smith.”
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