HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1946-09-12, Page 2f«g« 2 THE T1MES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1946
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amalgamated November 1924
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AT EXETER, ONTARIO
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1946
The Reason Why
We were watching a couple of carpenters •
at a job, only last week. At last the carpenters
asked the man for whom the work was being
done for a few nails. “There’s not a nail on sale
in the village!” came the reply, A ou had bet
ter scurry about for some nails or we can’t
finish the job/ the carpenters urged. The scur
rying* was done and a few pitifully rusted and
bent nails were forthcoming. Now, there you
are. On nearly every premises this experience
may be repeated. An unbelievable number of
nails has been wasted. We heard a good deal
about this when some government buildings
Were under construction, The amount of hard
ware that has been wasted is appalling, when
we take machinery and fences and other outfits
requiring iron and steel into consideration. The
same wastage goes on in paints. The situation
is worse still when we consider the wastage of
time and of human effort. The wastage of men
simply is colossal. Political pull and favoritism
on the part of those who have the hiring and
the firing of public servants. The number of
square pegs trying to fill round holes is un
believable. In short, if this fair land, is to get
onto a sound progressive way of carrying on,
her sons will need to get out of the habit of
wasting. We call upon the governments, muni
cipal, provincial and federal, to set us an ex
ample in this essential. There is plenty of every
thing the heart of man can desire. The reason
that want shows its corpse-like face is waste
on the part of our citizens.
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What Do You Think Of It?
Disturbing word is abroad that some of the
parties involved in the present strikes are ask
ing for “relief.” What are our .citizens to say
of granting relief? We have no wish for any
one to be pinched with hunger or to shiver in
the cold. But what must be said of those who
are faced with cold and hunger because they
failed to work when work was to be had but
who threw down their tools and did what they
could to have others follow their example?
Then what is to be said for those leaders who
mislead workmen into believing that there were
sufficient funds to support strikers for an in
definite period? Why not have those leaders
obliged to pay their dupes out of the salaries
those well-meaning but too easily duped ones
paid them so trustingly?
Should the strikes continue, the outlook
for our commonwealth threatens to be gloomy.
Already manufacturers have turned away or
ders amounting to sums that stagger. More
than ten millions have been lost by the labour
ers in wages. All this will be sought from a pub
lic that too long has tolerated a condition of"
affairs that never should have been tolerated,
The getting of easy money had laid waste our
powers and our manhood. Unless we mind our
p’s and q’s we’ll be faced with a social condi
tion in this country that will wring the withers
of our stoutest and best souls.
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Badly Needed
Fall wheat in this section is suffering from
want of rain. We have a very occasional shower
but the downfall of rain has not been sufficient,
Corn lias not attained its growth by at least
two feet on all too many fields. Grapes are sure
to be small. Beans have not matured as they
should. The busy bee has not been able to se
cure materials for the honey enterprise. In
many cases pasture fields have been grazed to
mother earth.
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Those Fateful Years
As we wandered to and fro we found our
selves in the office of one of the largest firms
on the continent and in conversation with the
heads of one of the departments thereof. The
head man had said to us that is the party who
does the. hiring and firing. So find out what
you wish to know. We looked over the young
ladies employed and found out that these fine
young people usually enter the employ of the
company from sixteen to twenty years of age.
Rack of the girls is required to have from two
to three years in the high school. Inquiry
brought out that the company desires employees
who can think independently and who are cap
able of forming a rapid And accurate conclusion*
It is hoped by the company that the years in the
high school will aid in bringing about this abil
ity, We pass this on as a hint to youngsters now
attending high school. “We are on the outlook
for girls who can see better ways than their
present ways of doing the work required of
them/’ this department head added. We were
encouraged to make close observations of those
girls, They were no.t all dressed in anything
like the extremes of fashion. No Sunday dresses
were in evidence. Anything like a party dress
was not to be seen. Yet those girls were what
the Scotch, call trig* and trim, Not only were the
girls well dressed but their dresses were well
put on. Further, the girls moved smartly. Every
move was well directed. We said something
about this and were told that frequent straight
talks were given the girls* on this very matter.
“Deportment counts,” the department head as-
sui*ed us*. We have as good discipline as you will
find anywhere. We try to be a little bit ahead
of the schools in this matter. Good health is
the foundation of all this sort of thing. There
are no easy jobs for young people any more.”
We came away wondering what can be done
to impress upon teachers and parents that those
two years in the high school are fateful. If
young people do not get discipline in the way
of self-respect and self-control during those
years, we greatly fear that they enter upon their
life work under a serious handicap.
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Those Schools
We have just been looking over a list of the
Canadians who have served their country with
distinction in places of special responsibility
with high distinction. In practically every case
mention was made of these men’s outstanding
scholarship. As boys, as youths, as men, they
were hard students. This characteristic these
men carried with them into their high offices.
We mention this in view of the opening of our
schools and universities. As the boy is bent, so
is the man inclined. School days are not a prep
aration for life but life itself, having in them as
much of life as is to be found in any succeeding
year. To a very great extent this has been over
looked in our Ontario educational system. In
deed we have had, system at the expense of the
boy or the girl. We say of the “boy” or the
“girl” for ^education that loses sight of the in
dividual pupil is a pool* affair, to say the least.
Said an Ontario school inspector as he visited
one of our schools, “I am looking for Florence
Nightingale or Winston Churchill.” Turning to
the teacher he asked quietly, “Where is the next
President of Toronto University and whom have
you marked for the Graham Bell of the future ?
The old Scottish teachers always had an eye for
the lad of pairts. Canadian teachers must be no
less searchers for merit. Never since the morn
ing stars first sang together has there been a
need for talen so acute as it is this hour.
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Assertion Needed
As the present desolating series of strikes
drag their paralyzing length like a juggernaut
over the prosperity and present and future ot
t.he welfare of Canada, we call upon the Christ
ian men concerned to assert their Christian prin
ciples and to put a brave foot forward to settle
the whole disagreeable dispute according to the
Golden Bule. We are quite aware that there will
be a number of folk who will speak of what we
have just said as “‘Pollyanna piffle.” We chal
lenge all and singular who talk this way to show
us a better way out of our present hobble than
by doing the very thing we have said. No in
stance can be named in history when the Golden
Bule faithfully adhered to did not work in the
interest of the race. What the hour calls for is
for those who believe in the Golden Rule,
whether these men be white collar men or men
in overalls, is for a practical assertion of a faith
that has faded simply because it has not been
exercised by red-blooded men. The Golden Rule
is for the guidance of men in every department
of human activity. Will some Great Heart rally
office and worker alike? We need a brave soul
within the ranks of the disputing parties to live
up to the faith in them. ■ ‘
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What A Pity?
It’s just too bad that Mr. Molatov did not
tell the correspondents in Paris who have been
turning up every stone in Gay Paree to get some
news to send their papers all over the world
just why he left the international conference
and, just what he was going to tell that talkative
soul, Stalin. It’s just too bad. We suspect that
Mr. Molatov has a sense of humor and that he
had many an inward chuckle as the correspond
ents tell their news.
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Note and Comment
No nails! Yet we hear every day of folk
who are driving nails in their own coffins!
* * *
England is desolated by storm and tempest.
America is crippled by strikes. Which do you
prefer?
* * * *
It used to be said of a Canadian farmer
.who attained eminence, "He rose from between
the plow handles.” The Alberta plow handles
seem to be giving the westerners a decided
boost.
* * *
And now there is talk of making Hon. J. C.
Gardiner the next prime minister of Canada.
Mr. Gardiner became quite famous in this region
for hh conquest of a balky horse, Tackling the
prime minister’s job is a tame affair by com
parison.
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There is some talk of giving Germany a
form of government that smacks of the govern-
nfe.nl in America. We suggest Geiieral Mont14
gomery as the first head of that government
backed by men Tike Secretary Byrnes and. Mil
Churchill,
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Messrs. Geo. anti Th os.
Short program was car-
and, refreshments, were
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Paints
Enamels Wax
IQ YSARS AGO
Ml Preston peering, of 810’
phen, was awarded reserve cham
pionship for best Dorset Hornefl
ewe, any age,, at the Canadian
National Exhibition, Toronto.The work of erecting the red
brick walls for the hew pumphouse
on top of the reservoir has been
completed. The pipeline from
springs to the north bank of
river just above the dam has
been completed,
■Guven Presbyterian Church
a busy centre on Tuesday when the
Women’s Missionary Societies of
Huron met in their annual,, gather
ing. The men held their session in
the Parish Mall of TriYitt Memor
ial Church.
■On Friday evening of last week
the employees and section men of
the 0.N.R. and their wives from
■Centralia, Clandeboye, Lucan
Crossing and Hejusall gathered as
a surprise at the home of Mr. and i
Mrs. Robt. Sanders and presented'
both of them with a beautiful oc-:
casional chair. About 35 persons
were present, The occasion was the
retirement of Mr. Sanders after 23
years in the service. Mr. Bruce
Field, of Centralia, acted as chair
man and the presentations were
made by
Flynn. A
ried out
served at
YEARS AGO
very successful horseshoe
15
A
tournament was held by the mem
bers of the Exeter Horseshoe Club
on Friday night of last week at
which thirty members took part.
The final .lianas were 'Pitched by
John Northcott and Wes. Simmons
against Chester Cornish and Orval
Lawson, the latter two winning by
four points.
A horse belonging to Mr. Wil
fred Shapton, of Stephen, got loose
from its stall on Sunday and fell
into a well in the barn and was
•drowned.
Rev. Dr. Oliver, Moderator of the
United Church of Canada, preached
on Sunday evening last to a con
gregation that packed James St.
Church.
Messrs. E. -M. Dignan and Wil
liam (F'rayne were in Dungannon
on Sunday attending a meeting of
the I.O.O.F.
Mr. Wilfred Turnbull returned
to Toronto to resume his duties as
instructor in the Toronto manual
training college.
Mr. R. G.
that carried
the London
ment at the
on Labor Day.
Seldon skipped a rink
off the first
Life Bowling
Rowing Club
prize in
Tourna
grounds
AGO
Liberal Con-
Tliomas Me-
25 YEARS
On Tuesday at the
vention in Hensail
Millan was chosen to contest South
Huron in the approaching election
to the House of Commons.
Miss Elston liakAaken over the
millinery establishment ot Miss
Cameron at Clinton.
The boys of the High School on
Thursday organized for athletic
purposes with H. M. .Miller, presi
dent; Wm. Lawson, captain of
senior baseball team; Oscar Harri-
captain of junior baseball
E. J. Wethey, business man-
Lyle Statham, captain of
team; Fred Heanlan, secre-
Howard Dignan, treasurer.
Wim.
A. A. Trumper
son,
•team;
ager;
track
tary;
John 'Pry'de, Ed. Howald,
Rivers and Rev. . .
won the Friday evening bowling
tourney with three wins and a plus
of 31.
At the largest shooting tourna
ment ever staged at Jordon Station,
Ontario, Mr. Fred Kerr, of Crediton
won the high average prize with
96 out of 10i0.
Two
bowlers
and R.
Scottish
banquet
•don, on
rinks of Exeter Masonic
skipped by W. J. Heaman
G-. Seldon, attended the
.Rite bowling game and
at the Thistle Club, Lon-
Friday.
50 YEARS AGO
Messrs. Ford and Wilson have a
number of teams engaged drawing
gravel on the streets under the
direction of Street Commissioner
Creech.
Mr. R. N. Rowe, furniture dealer,
made the purchase last week of Mr.
Beverley’s large stock of furniture
at Hensail and will have it removed
to his show rooms here.
Mr. Levi Walper who has con
ducted the Mason House at Clinton
for the past eighteen months, has
disposed of the business to Mr.
Thos, Dowson, of Seaforth.
The Main Street choir visited
Olandeboye Friday night last and
while there took part in a concert
in connection with
Home services.
Miss Della Crocker left ______
day for Blyth where she has ac4-
cepted a position as milliner.
Smiles . . .
tlie Harvest
Wednes-
the time by your“What's
watch?”
“Quarter
“Quarter
“Don’t know-—things igot so bad
had to lay off one
Teacher: “Jimmy,
essay on milk only
The others wrote seven or eight
■pages.
Jimmy; “I wrote about condens*
ed milk.”
to.”
to what?”
I of the hands.”
Why is your
half a page?
Father1: "Get up, John. When
Abraham Lincoln Was your age, do
you know What he was doing?”
John: “No, I don’t, Rut I know
What he was doing When 116 was
your age,”
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CROP DESTROYED
All of this season’s crop of hay,
straw, and .grain were lost in a fire
which completely destroyed the
large bank barn of Harold Egan,
concession 10, Bosanquet. A pig
and some hens also were lost in
the blaze, which had gained much
headway before it came to the no
tice of Mrs. Egan in the farm
house. Despite the efforts of the
Thedford volunteer fire brigade,
and the brigade from Camp Ipper-
wash, the 60’ by 36’ structure burn
ed to the ground.
Itching, Burning, Stinging
Eczema or Salt Rheum
Eczema, or salt rheum as it is commonly called,
is one of the most painful of all skin troubles.
The intense burning, itching and smarting, espe
cially at night, or when the affected part is exposed to
heat, or the hands placed in hot water are most un
bearable, and relief is gladly welcomed.
. The relief offered by Burdock Blood Bitters is based on the knowledge
that such ailments as eczema, and other skin troubles, are caused by an
impure blood condition.
Bring about inner cleanliness by using B. B. B. to help cleanse the
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' INFLATION is no respecter of persons.
JL Like the rain, it falls on the just and the
unjust alike.
If, through free and careless spending, inflation
should descend upon Canada as it has* upon many
other nations, its evil would fall upon everyone'.
Upon the shiftless, the thriftless, and the black
market patrons . . . Yes . . .
But inflation’s evil would fall equally on the
“just”—those decent, honest, prudent citizens who
observe the law and do not seek to satisfy selfish
whims to the detriment of the community.
These, fortunately, are Canada’s majority . . .
these are Canada’s No. 1 citizens. In their hands lies
victory over inflation.
Here are their five cardinal points in personal
financing:
Bank of Montreal
working with Canadians in every walk of life
since 1817
Hold on to Victory Bonds and Certificates,'
Buy only those goods which are in fair supply and
save money for the day when goods now in short
supply will be readily available,
Avoid black market purchases;
Keep up insurance.
Build up savings accounts.
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roe Miu/oirmtoun
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This is conservation.'—the first requisite of personal
security—the first attribute of good citizenship.
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but the realization that a
community is no better, no
sounder than its citizens,D*79SS A V E FOR Y O U R S B I, F , . > AND vT/ii « * J Z—________- ------------------------7 P Y ° S A V E F O R c A N A D A