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THURSDAY, AUGUST* 1st, 1946
More Life Needed
For six long vexatious years we have been
running low in vitality, There has been stir
enough but there has been the sort of stir for
the most part that runs away with vitality.
Loads of cattle and cash crops have been rush
ed off the farms with the result that soil fer
tility is steadily lowering in productive cap
acity. Orchards have been allowed to get on
as best they could. Meanwhile pests and lack
of pruning have resulted in a fruit crop that
is of a miserable quantity and quality. Even
the live stock has been cared for on the hurry
up principle. Naturally our beef and pork are
not making the desirable progress we greatly
need. We hear excited. stories to the contrary
but for some reason the farms are not what
this country has a right to look for, Worst of
all., our population has far too many sick or
semi-sick. Nearly every one complains of this
or that physical inferiority. All this is too bad.
We are defeating our own aims. The old query
persists, “What’s the world to a man when his
wife’s a widow?” Why rush and struggle for a
few more dollars only to spend more than one
gains for medicine or for expensive vacations
at health resorts? The place to begin amend
ment is in ourselves. We must treat ourselves
as well as a sensible farmer treats his team.
When the team has done a_ day’s work, the
farmer sees that the horses are groomed, fed
and rested. Next morning the team is up on
the bit and ready for a real day’s work. The
foolish farmer overworks his team only to find
himself without horsepower when he most
needs it. The same rule applies to ourselves.
When we have done a good day’s work we must
rest and restore used nature so that we may be
up and going when morning comes. We simply
cannot carry on by everlastingly working hard
all /lav and being spendthrift of our energies
all evening. Then work must be planned. We
saw a workman who was hammering as if ham
mering and sawing were the end-all and the be-
all of existence. When he had spent a day thus
he found that he had not been doing his work.
Everything he had industriously, but tiringly,
done had to be pulled down and done over
again. He had his fuss for his pay to say noth
ing of losing cash for wasted material. In this
matter of getting back our vitality we’ll do well
to see a bright doctor who knows how to talk
Dutch and then to pray earnestly for an endow-'
inent of saving common sense. Man, beast or
soil do not produce their best on exhaused vit
ality.
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Those Explosions
Before we pour hot anger upon the Jews
who were guilty of bombing the Hotel David
in Jerusalem, we’ll do well to remember that
the act was very largely the work of a few
terrorists in Palestine. We are all too ready
just now to think meanly of the Jews and to
regard the outrage in Jerusalem as just another
outrageous act of the sons of Israel. To say the
least of the tragedy, it was a grave misadven
ture. The Jews must reap a terrible penalty
for an act at once stupid and wicked. Stupid
the act was because it in no way furthers the
cause of Hebrew freedom. And it was wicked
because it was unprovoked murder of scores
of Unoffending folks who were the friends of
the Jews. Little wonder that the reasonable
Jews possessed of a knowledge of history and
human nature express unbounded horror at
this insane diabolical act of cruelty. At any
time the bombing of the hotel was a crime
against humanity. At this juncture when inter
national and racial nerves are strained to the
breaking, the evil deed but adds tinder to the
wat fuel the nations are only too eagerly as
sembling.
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Our Natural Resources ■
News items inform us that no end of lum
ber is being exported from Ontario to other
parts of the world, particularly to the United
States and to Great Britain. Just this week we
camer upon two workmen, one a carpenter, the
other a tinsmith both of whom were on the
verge of laying down their tools because there
were no materials for them to work with.
Strikes had something to do with the disabilN
ties in both the cases mentioned. However, the
major cause for unemployment was the export
ing of materials from this country. This mis
taken policy of exporting Canada’s raw mat
erials lies at the door of the Dominion govern
ment. What is ottr local representative doing
about it? We believe in building up'a good ex
port trade but we believe more firmly still in
bittiding ttp the life of our own country.
“Streaks Ahead”*
When we speak of the “old country” we
are liable to think in terms of England, This
is alb very well but we should take a long seri
ous open-eyed look at Scotland as well, Con
siderable industry goes on on the banks of the
Clyde. If we take a day off to con what is go
ing on in the major businesses and manufac
turing establishments of this continent that
have the elements of ermanency in them, we’ll
find Scotchmen at the head of nearly every
deartment. And there’s a reason for this, For
centuries Scotland made religion her main con
cern. Second only to this she saw to it that her
children had the elements of sound education
thoroughly rubbed into every fibre of their
being. The kirk and the-school and the home
were looked after with a thoroughness we little
dream of. We are not surprised, therefore, that
when a body of serious minded men set out to
find the best educational system that has stood
the test of time they found Scotland “streaks
ahead” of any other country in the world. Any
one who cares to take the trouble will find that
these men drew a sound conclusion. In oui*
American haste to be “practical” we have be
come shortsighted and the sooner we repent
of our folly and amend our ways the better
will it be for us. We have no time to lose, our
readers may be well assured. We are so keen
on being entertained that we have failed to be
come informed. Lacking knowledge wisdom
has lingered and we limp where we should run.
* * * *
•s Self-Limiting
.Russia is heading foi* a fall, all hex- efforts
for selfish aggrandizement to the contrary. She
has her own policy but that policy is an evil
policy. To such conduct there is but one end
and that end is ruin. One by one Russia is draw
ing her surrounding countries under her con
trol, with but one purpose and that purpose is
to make the Kremlin impregnable. She is seek
ing safety by the way of setting her heavy heel
on the neck of her neighbors. Her treatment of
Manchuria illustrates her wicked intention. She
seeks safety from surrounding nations by ruin
ing them. Where she goes chaos and poverty
and misery follow, he nations she is subduing
are every day finding themselves in deeper and
are becoming more sullen and hateful of her
and all her works.. Sooner or later this hatred
will take concrete form and under the guidance
of some strong nation will bring Russia not
only to her knees but to hideous riiin. Russia
with all her might and her glacier-like move
ment will find that she cannot crush the frail
but sublime human spirit. Whom the gods would
destroy they first make blind. Even Russia
should see what has gone on in Germany. What
happened in Germany is on the wing for
Russia. Hitler is either dead or helpless. Cannot
Stalin see in the execrated Hitler and his band,
what inevitably overtakes the tyrant. Evil is
not only self-limiting but self-destructive. The
mills of the gods still grond on.
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Mr. Bevan’s Illness
Civilization regrets the illness of Britain’s
foreign secretary, Mr. Bevan. He- is needed
every hour’ of these strange days. Especially is
he needed in these days when the momentous
and portentious assembly of the nations is con
vened in Paris. Mr. Bevan knows the detail
and the general principles to be considered at
that gathering better than any other member
of the British government. Further, he is well
known and respected by the other nations party
to the convention. His illness at this particular
moment cannot but detract from the efficiency
of the gathering.
Like many an other man in these exhaust
ing times, Mr. Bevan is the victim of overwork.
He has toiled to the limit without recuperative
rest. Now he is paying the penalty. Civilization
is sure to suffer. He is a strong man but he is
flesh and blood. Nature gives every man hints
of approaching failure of bodily exhaustion.
Finally she administers a knock-out blow. Mr.
Bevan will see this and will soon recover from
his present disability to toil more effectively
because he will toil wisely. AU the world waits
anxiously to hear that he is once more about
his work — strong, straight-forward, patriotic,
. truth-loving and truth-speaking.
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A Bit Disappointing
We are surprised that the fruit crop is ,not
better. Just last week we were paying thirty-
three cents for a pint of raspberries, provided,,
we had the cash to do the" paying. Cherries wete
dropping contemptuous bomb demands from
the stratosphere. Some wheat fields were away
below satisfactory yielding. Complaints were
heard about a shortage of factory peas. Pas
tures were taking on a sombre aspect. Blight
had settled on a gr,eat many potato crops.
Strawberries had neglected to put in a gratify
ing » appearance. Not tjiat we were faced with
utter failures but we were looking for a bumper
crop in order that we might make up our de
pleted reserves and get ready for the coming
winter. We are learning by the hard way that
the only crop one may count on is the crop that
has been well garnered. After all, farmers, like
the rest of us, must learn to respect the law of
averages.
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Note and Comment
We wonder when the nations will learn to
live and let live.
* -4it ’It A
Flow would it do for those (great men to
honestly try to see the great matters they are
dealing with from the other fellow’s point of
view, Doing so would prevent many a blunder,
IO YEARS AGO
The first' rain to break the
•drought of over four weeks Ylsited
this section Wednesday night of last
week and will he a great benefit
to everything,
Wong’s Cafe, which for the past
six years has been conducted by
Jim Wong, has been disposed of
to Messrs. Lum and Yung Wong,
of London. [Associated with Mr,
Wong during his stay here was Mr,
George Wong, the chef.
Dr. Ward Jeff Saturday last for
Chicago where iie is taking a two
weeks’ short course.
Rev. Douglas Hill, B.A,, B.D.,
who was recently called by the
congregation of Caven Presbyterian
Church and inducted into the pas
torate here, is expected this week
with Mrs. Hill and their two girls.
The manse has been thoroughly
renovated and redecorated by
Messrs, Everett Johnston and An
drew Campbell.
Rev. A. Page left Monday for
England where he will visit his
aged mother, also his brothers and
sisters.
15 YEARS AGO
Owing to the continued rains
harvest in this community has been
carried out under difficulty, Rain
has fallen every day for over a
week and several severe electrical
storms have passed over this com
munity doing damage in many lo
calities.
Exetei* won the first half of the
Huron-Middlesex Softball League
by a good margin, having six wins,
one tie and one loss.
Walter, the two-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs, Walter McNicoI, of
Farquhar, received a nasty wound
in**the face Tuesday afternoon when
he was bitten by a dog, belonging
to Mr. Ken McNicoI. They were
playing together when the dog
jumped at him and bit him in the
face lacerating the right cheek
badly,
Wesley Ryckman, the little son
of Mr. and Mrs, Archie Ryckman,
had the misfortune to fracture a
bone in the left arm when he fell
from a tree, A few weeks ago the
little fellow met with a nasty ac
cident when he had several bones
in his ankle crushed when run into
by a large lawn roller.
25 YEARS AGO
On Saturday night a portion of
■the four-storey building of the St.
Marys Milling Company was de
stroyed by fire. The chopping mill
and flouring machinery was the
older portion of the mill and was
completely destroyed. The new
milling plant and the grain eleva
tors were not damaged.
A big shipment of cattle is to be
taken from this district commenc
ing on Wednesday of this week.
Some 1,459 head of the finest ex
port cattle in the '’’country are be
ing sent to England and Scotland
on four different boats. The men
going are Wes. Snell, W. T.. Colwill,
(Jlric -Snell, Harper Riv'erS, Jos.
Amy and John Morgan.
Russell Colwill, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Colwill, north of town,
broke both bQnes of ,his right arm
above the wrist last weex when he
fell from a tree.
Mr. R. T. Luker, who has been
following the races both in Ontario
and the United States of late, last
week disposed of both of his race
horses, Topsy Todd and The Em
blem.
50 YEARS AGO
The shower of rain Sunday after
noon was indeed much needed and
much appreciated and did much to
improve vegetation.
The Exeter lacrosse team drove |
to Clinton Friday last and played a
game with the team of that place
resulting in a score of 5 to 1 in
favor of Clinton.
Mr. P. Curtain Shipped two car
loads of cattle from this section
Monday last to Montreal. Messrs.
Armstrong and Prior shipped a car
of hogs to Toronto Friday last.
Arrangements are being made
for amateur and professional, bi
cycle races to take in the circuit
of Clinton, Goderich, Seaforth and
Hensall or Exeter in- the near fu
ture.
Usborne Council
The Municipal Council of the
Township of Usborne met in regular
session in the Township Hall on
Saturday, July 13th, 1946, at one
o’clock pan. Reeve Berry presided
and Councillors Brock, Duncan,
EHerington and Tuckey were all
present, Minutes of meetings held
on June 8th and 28th, respectively
wer.e adopted on motion by ‘Conn-’
cjllors Duncan and EHerington,
Correspondence;
County of Huron, hospitalization,
$40,65, referred to bills and ac
counts.
Ontario Municipal Board, two let
ters re proposed disposition of the
Crediton Rural Telephone System:
on the advice of the Municipal
Board, action was deferred.
Dept, of Labor, re re-employment
of Arthur Rhode; Clerk to answer.
Exeter Agricultural Society, ack
nowledgement of grant for improve
ment to grounds.
Ontario Municipal Association,
Bills of [Legislature.
Cole’s Jewellery, account for ring
$7.50 B. & A.
Village >o£ Exeter, account for
Usborne’s share of Ration Board
expense, 6 months $30.00.
Clerk reported that he had been
advised by Engineer Archibald that
determination of the watershed on
the Tuckey Drain will be complet
ed next week. It was reported that
no representation from Usborne
had attended the. District meeting
called to appoint an authority on
the Saubie River watershed in the
Town of Park’hill.
Mr. W. H. Hodgson, representing
the General Accident Insurance
Company was. present with a renew
al certificate on the Employer’s
Liability Policy held by this Town
ship with that company; moved by
EHerington and Duncan that the re
newal certificate be accepted at a
Ternium of $102.58 and that of this
amount that $75.08 be paid out of
Road and Bridge account as cover
age on road employees and the bal
ance be paid out of general account;
carried.
Re the weed situation: W. R.
Dougall, recently appointed County
Weed Inspector, was present and ex
horted the Council to engage power
mowers, if possible to mow roadside
weeds; moved by Brock and Tuckey
that the Road Superintendent be
hereby empowered to engage any
one obtainable with a power mower
to mow all the roadside possible;
carried.
It "was 'drawn to the attention
of the Council that the prevalence
of gravel contractors supplying the
Department of Highways and the
hauling of County gravel over Us
borne roads is breaking down cer
tain roads very rapidly; the weight
of the loads and the speed and fre
quency of the travel is in excess of
the ability of our township gravel
roads to carry. The Clerk was in
structed to write to the Local Mem
ber of the Ontario Legislature,
drawing his attention to the facts
and to suggest that either an appli
cation of Calcium Chloride or some
monetary compensation would be
greatly appreciated by this Munici
pality.
An order for steel culverts to
meet current requirements was
awarded to the Canada Culvert Com
pany represented by Ira Jackson.
The Road Superintendent was
authorized to estimate the amount
of snow-fence which, will be requir
ed this year and in view of the
shortage of supplies to place the
order for 'same at an .early date.
The Assessor* reported that cer
tain amendments to the Assessment
Act provide that the 19 46 Roll shall
be used for 1947 and that the 1947
notices shall be 'distributed before
September 3 0th. Municipal officials
were warned to govern themselves
accordingly.
Council adjourned to meet again
in regular session on Saturday,
August 10th, at 1 o’clock p.m.
A. W. Morgan, Clerk.
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4 T ADS2
Fred Willis Dies
In Marlette, Mich.
Fred Willis, successful farmer
for many years and in later years
a well-known resident of Marlette,
Mich, died at his home on East Mar
lette Street, Sunday evening, July
'21, following an illness of several
years. The deceased was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Willis and was
born on the family farm, now part
of ^Jxeter, Ontario, September 1875.
In the spring of (1898, he moved to
Marlette and became associated
with his uncle, the late Robert
Willis, in the development of the
real estate properties of the latter,
and especially the two fine farms
now occupied by his son, Robert
and, son-in-law, Russell Adam. Sev
eral' years later, his parents and
two sisters joined him at his farm
home where his father died in 1911
and his mother in 19-36. His sister,
Lily, . while on a visit to Exeter
died in 19 0!6. Mr. Willis was mar
ried to Miss Ella Hodgkinson,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Hodgkinson, December 17.
190 2. To the ’union three children
were born, Leona, now Mrs. Adam,
of. Snover; Lily, now Mrs. <S. E.
Widney, Greeley, Colorado; and
Robert, of Snover. Besides these
three, he is survived by six grand
children, one sister, Miss Violet
Willis, of Marlette, a brother Mr.
Alfred Taylor, of Hensall. Besides
his deceased sister, another brother
James Robert, died in infancy.
After many years of industry, Mr.
and Mrs. Willis came to Marlette
village, where they purchased the
home where they lived since 1925.
Always active in community affairs
Mr. Willis filled many local offices
of public trust and was an active
proponent and liberal contributor
to the Marlette Hospital project to
which he donated $10,C00 a couple
of years ago. He was a member of
the First Presbyterian church Of
Marlette .where funeral service was
held Wednesday afternoon with
Rev. A. Allison Amstutz officiating
followed by Miasonic interment ser-
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who attended the funeral were Mr.
and Mrs. James Patterson, Mrs.
Robert Patterson and Mr. Alfred
Taylor, of Hensall, Ont., Mrs. M. J.
Fenner, of Montreal, Que.; Mrs.
Chas. Bryne, Mrs. Tlios. Willis,
Mrs. Mary Ceaser, of Detroit, and
Mrs. Della Hill Wood, of Dearborn,
Mich.
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the Cause of Much Misery
• If ,y°u suffer from boils you know how sick and
miserable they made you feel.
Boils are an outward indication of impurities in
the system, and just when you think you are rid of
one another^erops up to. take its place and prolong
earning1861^' thelancmg and poulticing you can c®lancing and Poulticing you can do may not stop more
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Pollock Family Reunion
Held atTurnbulTs Grove
(At Turnbull's Grove, Lake Huron
on Wednesday, July 17th, a picnic
was enjoyed by the families in this
section of Western Ontario, des
cendents of Marshall Pollock, who
in pioneer days was a resident of
Hay and Stanley Townships and
later of the town of Exeter. The
gathering was 'represented mainly
of the families of the four Pollock
sisters whose offsprings are the
Richardsons. Workmans, Perkins
and Fairbairns. Mrs. Madeline Per
kins, Exeter, now in her 89th year,
the one surviving -daughter Of the
original family was present. Mrs.
Elma Nichols, of San iPrancisco,
Cal., who is on a visit to Ontario
was the only representative of the
Fairbairn family. This, the initial
gathering of these relatives, Was a
very pleasant one, Following the
picnic supper an organization was
formed witli George M. Richardson,
St, Thomas, president; Mrs, Ben
Case, Exeter, secretary; Mrs, H. ip,
Bolger, London, treasurer; and
Rev, H. V. Workman, Seaforth,
corresponding secretary. Arrange
ments were made -for next year’s
gathering at iSpringbank Park,
London, The oldest member present
was Mrs. Madeline Perkins, Exeter,
and the youngest was Billie Work
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Winston
Workman, of Kippen,
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