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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-10-28, Page 2Page 2 THE T1MES-ADV0CATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1948 Exeter Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1921 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 us 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, $3.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott * Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28 A Little Longer The Duke of Wellington was asked if British soldiers were braver than other sol­ diers. He replied that he did not think that they were, but that they could be counted upon to be brave fifteen minutes longer than any other soldiers he knew about. We are asking now how long we are to be pa­ tient with Russia in the Berlin situation. The reply is that we will keep our heads until we have gained our point. Some peo­ ple are telling us that we should have come to grips with Russia months ago. Do folks who talk in that manner forget the havoc that may be wrought in one month of war? There may be grounds for the complaint that the United Nations are slow in getting results. Informed observers reply rationally to this complaint that had it not been for the United Nations, the dogs of war would have been loosed months ago. It is urged that Russia is using the present period of peace to prepare to s'pring upon the world in one maniacal effort to conquer the race. It is not at all certain that Russia will act like a ferocious maniac in her effort to achieve her end. She has seen ■what mad ambition and the insane lust of conquest did for Napoleon Bonaparte. Hitler’s fate still cries to heaven, warning Russia and all others of the doom sure to overtake every bloody-handed tyrant. At the same time we must be on our guard against any­ thing that Russia may undertake. While there is little encouragement for us to do so we must be patient a little longer in the hope that Russia may yet see tlie utter un­ wisdom of trampling the weaker nations beneath her feet. Surely there is enough sanity among Russia’s choicest spirits to turn the Russian people to a life of practi­ cal sanity.% * * •> The Hangman’s Whip Some people heed nothing but the hangman’s whip. This makes it hard for everybody, including the heedless ones. Of course, we have in mind the effort of the hydro commission to conserve electric en­ ergy in order that there may be business as usual. There are tens of thousands of folk who have done their reasonable best to co-operate in this essential saving of power. On the other hand there is a mul­ titude, difficult to number, which is re­ gardless of the need of the hour and which is going on its selfish ‘way. What cares it for the welfare of the community? What cares it for the example of the country in her saving to the point of austerity? It looks as if the commission will be obliged to pull switches in the public interest. Should this be done the loudest complaints will be heard from thoe who might have saved the situation by exercising common sense in the interest of themselves as well as in the interest of the general public. Touching the Right Spot We have been hearing a great deal, about plowing matches and fall fairs and such gatherings. Praise has been laid on quite thickly for the prize winners. AU this may be to the good, though, doubts will ob­ trude themselves. What is needed is the encouragement of the fellow who really works at his job but who needs some spe­ cial ,guidance. No one of us wishes to be in the position of the first man. Most of us have a warm regard for the child sitting on the giant’s shoulders who, because of his advantage, sees farther than the giant. We recall an incident related of S. S. Tho­ mas. He was out on his right of way when he saw a fifteen-year-old youngster trying to prune the, old delapidated orchard. Mr. Thomas saw that young fellow was in trou­ ble, pulled up to the side of the road and spent the remainder of the afternoon show­ ing the young farmer some of the elements of pruning. Be it known that Mr. Thomas was in bis ■working suit and that every bit of instruction advanced was supported by exemplification. Young farmers, like the rest of us, need to be shown how to catch on, This important bit of our education rarely comes from the show ring. *,* $ Have Overshot the Mark Everyone is painfully aware of the mess we are in because of high prices. We have heard, too, of the problems arising from over-production. It is not so long ago that huge quantities of coffee were dumped into the ocean. It is not so very long ago that we heard of large quantities of vege­ tables being dumped because there was not a ready sale for them. Further, there are a number of us who recall when plums were retailed for fifteen cents a bag. In many cases even the fifteen cents could not be obtained and the. discouraged farmer was obliged to throw his plums into fence corners.❖ # * ❖ No Jubilation While all the world welcomed Russia’s more reasonable frame of mind regarding the Berlin situation, we are not aware of any major rejoicing over her change of words. We have learned to fear Russia when she bears peace terms. We are won­ dering what has made her so benevolent where formerly she was so malignant. What has healed her? What has the Rus­ sian bear* done with his claws ? Instead of pursuing his old practice of rending and tearing and of getting all the while, mak­ ing no return therefor, is he henceforth to spend his days in weaving the delicate web of world welfare? We do not see things that way. He is very much a bear even if he walks at present as a man. That Atomic Bomb Things have turned out very much as sane men feared regarding the atomic bomb. The United States and Canada have spent tens of millions of solid cash in bringing that strange weapon to the place where it has proven itself the bulwark of peace. Russia never would have stopped where she stopped in her agressive cam­ paign had not she known that when she overstrained the patient endurance of her opponents, she ‘would be smashed to pieces almost over night. Surely our Canadian re­ presentatives and the representatives of the United States see this. Why such pow­ ers should have drawn their teeth in the presence of an enemy such <as Russia has proven herself is beyond all power* of com­ prehension, Should the projected measures receive the sanction of the various govern­ ments represented, Russia and her satellite powers will give themselves no sleep till they have stock piles of atomic bombs even larger than those now possessed by Canada and the United States. It will be at this point that the horrors will begin. Russia will abandon her wheedling policy and make demands, her own bombing planes, meanwhiles, loaded to the limit. Russia believes in seething the kid in its mother’s milk. ❖ * # $ That Mess in Canadian Trade They are telling us that Canadian trade has shrunken in some particulars to a dis­ tressingly annoying degree. In other words folk with money and good credit in the bank simply do not want to buy our goods. When we complain about this we are told to run along till we produce goods that consumers really want. Critics of such mat­ ters tell us that we’ll have to mend our ways oi* have our goods and processes num­ bered with those that were before the flood. It looks as if we have been giving ourselves over much to varnish and tinsel. Too many products are giving evidence of improper finishing. Pooi* wood and poor steel and slip-shod workmanship are an unholy combination. People simply will not tolerate flimsy and inferior cloth in their garments. Housewives know tough meat. Exeter has a well-earned and a hard- earned reputation for good workmanship and good merchandising. Let us add to that reputation. The room for improvement still is the largest room in the world. This mo­ ment there arc uneasy mutterings about the salability of certain products. All this gives rise to the questioxr of our having pushed sales and productions so severely. We recall the dreary, days when the local cheese or butter plant could not handle all the milk the dairy herd produced. We have not forgotten the occasions when the but­ ter and cheese makers could not dispose of their produce. These were dreary occa­ sions. Is what puzzled and discouraged us in our small world going to infect tlie great world of affairs? Just now there is a shortage of steel. Dare we boost the manu­ facturing of this sort of steel without the danger of our having an overproduction thereof? The new developments in Quebec and Labrador are causing some thing. With food products, cold storage holds an im­ portant place. It may be overdone. The in­ vestment in the food and the cold storage must be paid for. Sometimes the storer takes a bad trimming that he hopes to get back some day from the ultimate consu­ mer. And so on, with other materials. The difficulties in carrying on seem to be in­ creasing, rather than diminishing, Page, in The Louisville Courier-Journal, « TIMES’ Go By O.......-................... ......................... .......... 50 YEARS AGO Mr. I. R. Carling left Friday on a deer hunting exiiedition to the Muskoka wilds. i A couple of men have been I visiting Hay swamp to study its 1 possibilities as to peat, bog foi i manufacture of commercial fuel. • The large tank north of Mr. E. J. Spademan's store has at last been completed. This is the largest tank in town and will hold 3 6,575 gallons. While Miss Norma Bobier and two other young ladies were tak­ ing a pleasure drive on Tuesday afternoon their horse, on being hit with a chestnut thrown by some young boys, ran away. The animal made a spirited run for some distance and on turning a cornei* threw one of the young ladies out. They finally succeed­ ed in bring the anmial to a standstill. Luckily all escaped unhurt. ~.................. .....-..... ,■«. g place Tuesday morning. Mr. 0. Kestle, who drives the British-American oil tank for H. T. Rowe, met with an accident Wednesday morning when 'one of the oil taps became damaged and .about 150 gallons of coal oil leaked out. Mr. A. ,T. Perritt, of town, has secured a good position with the Green Swifte Co., of London, and assumed his duties Tuesday morning, Careful Planning and Hard Work have built your estate, In years to come your wife and family will depend upon that estate for support. Trust company administra­ tion of your estate can carry out your intentions to the greatest benefit of those you wish to protect, Assure them experience, group judgment and kind­ ly guidance by appointing The Canada Trust Com­ pany. A friendly discussion of our ser­ vices will be welcomed by John D. Wilson, Trust Officer, who is in your neighbourhood from time to time. Main Branch - Dundas and Clarence - London, Ontario 25 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Walter Connoi motored up from Windsoi on Monday in the new Connor automobile, the .first all-Canadian auto, Messrs. Connor Bros., who moved from Exeter to Windsor, have built a four cylinder air cooled motor on the same prin­ ciple as their air cooled gaso­ line engine. The car has no ra­ diator and does not require wa­ ter for cooling purposes. Mr. Connor expects that the car will be on the market next year. The annual plowing match of the Exeter District Plowman’s Association was held on the farm of Dunsford Bros, on Thursday of last week. The at­ tendance of spectators was fair­ ly large although the day was cold and damp. The classes in both sod and stubble as well as tractor competition were closely contested and excellent work done. The first fall of snow for this season in this community took as-™— Stewart’s Taxi — PHONE — 335 Exeter A””-----————ra 15 YEARS AGO A refrigerator car load of food-stuffs left the Exeter sta­ tion Wednesday for Saskatche­ wan as the result of a recent appeal to assist those in the drought area of the West. The car was filled with vegetables, fruit .and foodstuffs of all de­ scriptions and was brought from Dashwood, Grand Bend, Credi- ton, Greenway, Centralia, E*lim- ville and Thames Road. The members of the Huronia Male Concert Company, with their wives and lady friends, were pleasantly entertained at the home of their leader, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Goulding re­ cently. A jolly time was spent in putting together several jig­ saw puzzles. Congratulations are due to Miss Margaret E. Ross of the Exeter High School staff, upon the winning of the prize of $15 in an essay contest sponsored by the Provincial W.C.T.U. This contest was open to all the school principals and teachers of the province. The Boy Scouts of Exeter visited Goderich on Thursday morning of last week and joined in a reception to His Excellency the Governor General and Lady Bessborough, who visited Goder­ ich on their tour of Western Ontario. One of the largest crowds in years attended the South Huron plowing match which was held Thursday last on the farm of Mr. Wm. Bowden, west of high­ way No. 4 on the 'Crediton road. It was estimated that some 1600 people were present. Competition was keen in practically all classes and the number of con­ testants was the largest in years. $112.00 F.O.B London, Canada DURO fYATERSY5TEM$ Step up PRODUCTION BOBO MR. FARMER ... if you want EXTRA PROFITS . . . CONVENIENCE and LESS WORK . . . install a DURO Pumping System. 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Your Drugs at Robertson!'s Phone 50 Exeter 1O YEARS AGO The annual plowing match of the South Huron Plowmen’s As­ sociation was held Friday on the farm of William Clarke and Emmerson Gunning about a half mile east of Exeter on Huron Street and proved to •be one of the best matches eon- ducted by the Association. There was a large list of contestants and some very fine work was accomplished. The ladies of the Elimville Church served dinner at the home of Mr, and Mrs. S. McFalls. The event of the week was the laying of the corner stone for the new high school building which took place Wednesday af­ ternoon. The corner stone was well and truly laid by the chair­ man of the Board of Education, Mr, R. N. Creech. D.D.G.M. Bro. M. McKellar and his installing team from Seaforth paid their annual visit to Exeter Lodge No. 67 I.O.O.F. Tuesday evening and installed the officers of the lodge. The visitors were warmly congratu­ lated on the manner in which the work was exemplified. Miss Eileene Lewis, a grad­ uate of the Exeter High School, who is attending the University of Western Ontario, has been awarded a Brescia Hall scholar­ ship. Mr. Donald Oestreicher, of Stephen Township, also a grad­ uate of Exeter High School, won a scholarship at Western, The Eastern Star Chapter vi­ sited the Ingersoll Chapter on Monday evening when the latter chapter received its charter. EmPIRE BRASS niFE.CQ. LlffllTED LonDon-HRmiLTon -TORonTo-suoeuRY-iuinniPtG-vAncouvcR DEAD OR ALIVE! We will pay for old, disabled or dead COWS $5.00 ea. - HORSES $5.00 ea. HOGS $1.50 ea. All according to size and condition Phone, COLLECT, for prompt courteous service EXETER 287 INGERSOLL 21 ’ ’'z ■' • HP' P Stomach Disorders May Cause Bad Headaches Often a headache is caused by ah ailment of tome other part of the body far removed from the pain* It may bo an upset stomach or some intestinal disorder. If troubled by ouch headaches why not try Burdock Blood Bitters? 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