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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1946-09-26, Page 2Page 2 ...............................................................^-..^.-w.-riCT--^-.,,......... THE TIMES.ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26th, 1946 w Cxeter <ime£i-Allocate Tinies established 1873} Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 19 24 PU1HASHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests pf the Village of Rxpter and Surrounding District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association; Member of the OntariQrQuebec piyision of the CWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 a year, in advance; six months. $1.00 three months 6Qc * J. M. SOUTHCOTT - • PUBLISHER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, 1946 Well Done! Heartiest congratulations are in order for the directors of the Exeter Fall Fair. The board has done a good work in presenting an exhibition that represents a cross section of the life of the community and the public has responded royally. The grounds have been improved and the board will continue to improve those grounds. The comfort of the spectators is pro­ vided for and those comforts will be added to as finances warrant. Educational features will be added, while there will be no lack of amuse­ ments under careful direction. The progress of the board is decidedly gratifying to them and to all interested in their work. * ■» * * Build or Bust In his Zurich speech Mr. Churchill told the world that it must build by the aid of knowledge carried out by industry and grounded on faith. Surely we have been hearing enough about pois­ ons and explosives® and far too little about food and those bonds deep in every heart that mean life, peace, progress. We do not need targets anything like so much as we need objectives. Every day we see a little more clearly that we must stand with everyone who stands right. We are not calling for our nation to leave herself naked to the plans of the greedy and the wicked but we do urge that as we keep .up our defences against those who would make international rough house, that we speak and think of the principles and inventions and discoveries that mean the conquest of disease, the dissipation of ignorance and of all that corrupts the mind. We hear of those things that destroy life—but too little of the things that develop and sustain life. Is this because the mystery of life has become so common that it is no longer news ? * * * # ; Unprepared? Were the situation in United States politics not so serious, it would be absurd. At the Paris conference the spokeman for the United States delegation, Mr. Byrnes, has been telling the Russians where the Russian policy does not suit the United States. In so doing the rest of the world assumed that he was speaking for the United States. In this assumption it ajjpears that we were not warranted for recently Mr. Wallace, an American of cabinet rank, has been telling the world that Mr. Byrnes has taken a wrong track and that he will be well advised • to go easily on Russia. Mr. Byrnes, it is alleged has been “tough” on Russia and Mr. Wallace is opposed to this policy of “toughness”. The rest of us cannot but* stop, look, listen, and wonder who is speaking the mind of the great republic. Some are wondering if the United States- government'is made up of men who are not prepared for their great work. These men in their day may have been go.od business men or sound scholars or effective professional men. However, they seem to have fallen down on their governmental jobs. We do not doubt the high morality of those tnen, nor do we dispute their patriotism but we wonder if they have been prepared for the work of statesmen of the high quality the present times imperatively de­ mand. Men who are to be made doctors undergo a long training. The soldier must take a long drilling experience and study carefully all that goes with military tactics. When it comes to selecting statesmen we are forming the habit of putting vote getting as the quality of decisive merit. Later on, when Blunders are made we suffer the consequences of o.ur putting men into high places who are unprepared therefor. * » « * Nothing So Uncertain As An Election Political weather prophets are doing some tall headscratching these days with a liberal amount of lip pursing thrown in as a sort of salve to tender recollections. Liberals counted on winning in Pontiac. History warranted this calculation, Conservatives were sure the cat would jump the way the Liberals greatly de­ sired, Then came the voting and the two old parties acquired bad headaches. The dark horse made off with the sweepstakes. Jack Canuck had done his own thinking and his own voting. "What does the whole thing signify ?” the puz­ zled ones are asking. “Is Jean Baptiste begin­ ning to look at things for himself and is he go­ ing to listen to those nice men from the capital city, smile quietly and then vote as he sees fit? Is labour putting on its thinking cap and ask­ ing, “Which party will best further our inter- ? csts?” Is the prayer, “Give us peace In our time,” being heard and is- the answer coming by way of the ballot bos:? Have the electors got into the mood where they are saying “Things can't be worse. Let us try this new thing/* We have no solution for the Pontiac papers but we saw a straw in the wind that indicates that the public demands of both the old political parties to clean house and to enunciate an all Canadian policy to which the wise and honest may sub­ scribe. Having done so the old parties may leave results to the electors, * * * * His Solution Winston Churchill does not believe in any policy that proposes a slight healing of the world’s hurt. In another of his speeches which will be read and studied centures hence, he pro­ poses the formation of the United States of Europe and calls upon all nations of influence to assist in that good work, As it is, the countries of Europe are divided and beset by jealousies and greed that cannot but be the forerunners of war. A united Europe would surely result in the entertainment of a common purpose on the part of the United States that could not work for the disappearance of many a petty jealousy and the swallowing up of local smaller aims in a view of the world’s good that would bring en­ thusiasm and well directed labour in its wake. War would tend to disappear as men realized that they are brothers all and that the general good meant the welfare, of all. It may be urged that there are difficulties in the way of a con­ summation so greatly to be desired. In reply are the words of Sir Oliver Mowat who told his province that it is the duty of statesmen to solve difficulties. What a reasonable mind con­ ceives willing hands can execute. Just now Mr. Churchill deserves and requires fellow workers rather than carping critics. Speaking of difficul­ ties in the way of uniting the states of Europe students pf history recall the tremendous odds in the way of forming the United States of America. However the union of the American States was brought about and we should regard him as an enemy of the race who would dissolve it. With that penetrating insight so characteris­ tic of him, Mr. Churchill told his hearers in Zur­ ich that the union he sought must be based on the spiritual nature of man. Long ago Constan­ tine the Great had a vision that saved the day for Europe and for civilization. On the clouds he saw a cross with the words, ‘‘By this sign conquer.” He heeded the vision and so must modern civilization. The cross will save the day. All else has failed and must continue to fail. Storm Tossed England Storms the equal of which England has not experienced for thirty-seven years have assailed her coasts with destructive fury. Sea walls have crumbled. Farm land has been turn­ ed into lakes. Streams have become raging torrents. Farmers have seen their harvests swept away. Villages have been threatened with ruin. Brave old England is in the throes of a desperate trial. Surely Canada will stop and think for a moment and share with her on the most neighbourly terms the splendid harvest that has this season blessed our land. * * * «■ / A Shortage of Home Helpers They used to tell us that one had no diffi­ culty in getting a wife but that hired help for the home was as scarce as hens’ teeth. {We are not equal to discussing a -question so profound. We have not sufficient data on which to form a judgment. We simply own that help for the homemaker is extremely hard to secure. And the reason for this state of affairs is not hard to find. For a variety of unhappy reasons the home helper is not respected by certain silly but influential people. Let a girl be never so well accomplished and well bred should she sell her skill to assist a homemaker, the four hun­ dred have a way of hog shouldering her out socially. Yet that way of regarding the home­ helper is but ,a veneer. Secretly and really she is envied. Her “take home” pay when reckoned at the end of the year is quite satisfactory. She receives good Cash pay when she is the right sort. She has her pwn room and private. privi­ leges. Her laundry is looked after by the home where she sells her labor. Her hours are reason­ able and her work is anything but heavy. More­ over, it is a woman’s job and lifts her for the best of home life when Cupid shoots his deadly dart. We are bound to say that a girl with-a fair education who chooses home-helping for an occupation soon will be in a position to snap her fingers at almost any of the girls in any other job open to women. ® • * * * That Death t’enalty There is a move,on foot once more to abol­ ish the death penalty for any cause whatever. We need not give the arguments in support of this view. What we should like to see is an effort to have people generally understand our present laws. All and sundry should be made aware that every man is held innocent before the law, No man is compelled to face judge and jury without legal council to insure his getting a trial according to law. Juries are instructed to give the accused the benefit of the doubt. The crown is not a prosecutor but a party whose duty it is to sift all evidence as well as to present evidence. In case of the. prisoner’s finding the verdict against him, he has the right of appeal. Trials involving the death penalty are not hurried up nor precipitate events, but take place after due deliberation. What We should like to sec is a revision of many of our laws by men who are informed, trained, ex­ perienced and who know- What is for the good of society. In the meantime as far as the abo­ lition of the death sentence is concerned we’d like to sec the murderers begin. 10 YEARS AGO The Exeter J.O.O.F. are making extensive improvements to the lodgeroom and store beneath. The ground floor/ which was divided into two stores, has had the parti­ tions removed and an addition of thirty feet is being added to the rear. It is being fitted up as a fur­ niture store for Mr. E- R. Hopper, pn th© upper floor the lodge-room, has been enlarged and the celling lowered, A large room has been built at thq back- Exeter’S Fajr on Tuesday was one of the finest and best that have been held here in years, The weather was fine, the crowd large, the ex­ hibits and entertainment splendid. Mr, Robt- H. Sayers, manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, received word last week tpf his transfer to the Dresden branch. He is being succeeded by Mr. J. >R. C. Moffat who comes to Exeter from Toronto. Immunization Week .t National immunization Week will be observed in Canada during tin? week of September 29 th. Again, as in previous years, the Health League of Canada, in co-operation with Department of Health and Education and with the assistance pf press, radio and a great variety of voluntary associations will call attention to the urgent necessity of immunizing against those scourges of childhood—diphtheria, whooping cough, scarlet fever and smallpox, It is a tragedy that these diseases, so largely preventable, still exact their toll of death and disability from Canadian children, The present increase in the num­ ber of cases of poliomyelitis, or in­ fantile paralysis, has attracted nation-wide attention. The maxi­ mum number of cases of this dis­ ease in any one year since, and in- ■ eluding, 1940 has been 1,881, with Miss Kathleen Wiseman, of Us-! 68 'deaths in 1941 —r the.average, borne, has been engaged on the [760 cases per year, Over the same teaching staff of the Westervelt School, ILondon. Reeve Thos. Pryde and J. M. Southcott were in Mitchell Wednes­ day evening of last week as guests of the Seaforth Lions Club at the Charter Night of the Mitchell Lions Club. At the London Fair last week Mr. the and his « Victory » Aylmer Br^nd Exhibit at the Fair In the “Victory" Aylmer Braud Exhibit of the Canadian Cannera Limited, at Exeter Fall iF'air, Sept. 19, thousands of labelled cans were used in a red, white and blue motif celebrating Victory year. Two large signs, reading “Victory” and "lAyimer0 brand set up With actual red labelled cans, marking out the letters on a white background, were keyed to the display of canned products, The exhibit showed what tup vis­ iting housewives at the fair will never see on any shelves of any grocery store in fbe Dominion of Canada, at any one time—all. the Aylmer fancy and choice brands of peas, beans, corn, beets and car­ rots, etc, Mr. E. J. Green, Branch 100 at Exeter, is to be con­ gratulated on such a fine display of canned goods, that would jgraco any metropolitan food exhibit in London or Toronto Exhibition, Mr. Green also entered for the Canadian Canners Ltd., in the float parade, a fine “Covered “Wagon” with canvas bow top, spinning wlieel, water -pails on the axle, et ‘al—a typical prairie schooner of the pioneer Western trail days z '■X Manager of Preston Dearing was Grand Championship reserve champion for Dorset Horned sheep. awarded for ewe ram with 15 YEARS AGO The Exeter fair this year was one ■of the best ever held in town. The weather was ideal >and a large crowd of people was present. Mr. Harry Strang, Jr., of Usborne, left on Friday to attend the O.A.C. at Guelph. .Mr. Ted Moyle, of the Exeter Lumber Co., had the misfortune to come in contact with the shaper at the factory Tuesday afternoon cut­ ting deep gashes in three of his fingers. Ross Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reg, Knight, of the Highway north of Exeter, had the misfortune to break his leg Tuesday afternoon when he fell over the dog. Miss Ruth Balkwill, of the School of Commerce, has secured a position with the Hogarth Hatchery. ■Messrs. Hugh Creech, Harry Jen­ nings, of town, Harry Anderson. Kathleen Wiseman, of Usborne. Margaret McLaren, Dorothy Thomp­ son, of Hensail, left Monday for Western Unversity. Messrs. Bontliron & Drysdale, of Hensail, are having their furniture and hardware department painted and redecorated and making other improvements, 25 YEARS AGO Messrs. R. T.*Luker and Son won first money with The Emblem at, the Chatham races last week. Mr. O. C. Ward is in. charge of Mr. Reg. Hodgins’ implement shop during his absence. Bread has been dropped from 12 to 1'0' cents a loaf in Exeter. The Dominion Stores, Ltd., have leased for a term, the store owned by Mr, A. J. McDonell. H. B. Elliott, editor and pro-priet- of the Wingham Times for a num­ ber of years, has sold out to Wm. G. Colgate, of Toronto.' Mr. Wes. Snell, who accompanied a large shipment of cattle to the Old Country, returned .home on Tuesday night °f last week, report­ ing a good sale and a ' smooth voyage. Miss Verda Hill has position with Mr. J. store, the vacancy being Miss Josephine Davis. The annual Fair at Zurich was held Thursday last. The weather was' everything that could be desired ■and as the result the crowd was very large. pleasant and resigned her A. Stewart’s filled by 50 YEARS AGO Messrs. I. R.- Carling and H. Elliot, who have been camping in the Hay swamp* for about a week, returned home Tuesday evening having secured a fair bag af game. Mr. W. D. Yoe, who has been clerking for Carling Bros, for some years, has accepted a position with ■Messrs. Smallman & Ingram, Lon­ don. Mr. N. McAvoy left Tuesday for •Park-hill where he has accepted a position packing apples. Mr. H. P. Ross left Wednesday for Toronto where he will attend the Medical College. Dr. Thomson, of Hensall, left on Tuesday of last week for Goderich Where he intends practising his pro­ fession. Mr. J. T Westcott acted as judge of horticultural products at Mitchell Fair on Tuesday. - The’ annual fall fair, under the Hay Township Branch of the Agri­ cultural Society, Was held in -Zurich on Wednesday and Thursday last and was a great success in every department. Smiles The clerk at the office for regis­ try of births, marriages And deaths was new to his job and n6t very Well acquainted with the procedure. He was also slightly deaf, “I want a certificate—” began a caller, “What name?” asked the clerk, “New—‘Thomas New,” » “Pardon me I I didn’t quite catch it.” The applicant was Irritable, “I’m New,” he said, loudly. “New to you! New to everybody! New to the World!” “What you Want is a birth cer­ tificate/’ said the clerk absently, perioj there have been 628 deaths from whooping cough alone in a single year—on an average there ■have been yearly close to 17, Odd cases of whooping cough, nearly 3,000 cases of diphtheria and over 17,000 cases of scarlet fever, Vac­ cination fortunately has diminished the ravages of smallpox and in numerous years cases reported. The above should give us about, poliomyelitis we have only ordinary public health, measures. There is no way of creating an immunity. In the case of the other communicable dis­ eases of childhood named above there are specific means of preven­ tion. National Immunization Wee'k is designed to call special attention to the urgent need for action by par­ ents. Diphtheria, whooping cough, and scarlet fever could be banished from dur country if only parents Would see to it that their children are immunized. Health Departments and practising physicians are ready to help any time during the year. Parents, it is up to you to act NOW. - there have been no figures, however, something to think To prevent the spread of Thrifty buyers watch the Want- Ads for bargains. AVERAGE OBTAIN THEM AT YOUR H YD RO SHOP T If you 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 crops up to take its place and prolong your misery. All the lancing and poulticing you can do may not stop more coming. To help overcome boils you should purify the blood, so why not give that old, reliable blood medicine, Burdock Blood Bitters, a chance to show what it will do in helping you get rid of them? Thousands have used it for this purpose for the past 60 years, Why not you? , The T. Milburn. Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. ,x:: J I .4. IB. shapes his future Canada’s future is in the hands of her people That future is threatened by the menace of inflation . , Canada’s bulwark against this menace Is the steadfast performance of her No. 1 citizens. Here is the No. 1 citizen’s five-point programme of personal finances: 1 2 3 4 5 Hold on to my Victory Bonds and Certificates. Buy only those goods which are in fair supply and save my money for the day when goods now in short supply will be readily available. Avoid black market purchases. Keep up my insurance. Build up my savings account. TO A MilUOH CANAOtAK Mir These five points mean conservation—-the first requisite for personal security-the first requisite for national security. When you shape your future on these five points, you shape the future of the nation.i Ji Bank of Montreal working with Canadians in every walk of life since 1817 XI This is xvhy we sayt % •r U•■ %If You Are % a No.l Citizen % C You will look after \ Th‘S 4 not selfishness^ but the realization that d Community is ria bolter, ho ..... h sounder than Its citizens,