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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-04-28, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1949 Wfje Cxeter tKimc^ ^bbocate * Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1924 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 as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association a Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the QWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Q Paid-In-Advance Circulation As Of September 30, 1948 — 2,276 SUBSCRIPTION BATES Canada, in advance, $3.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Siugle Copies 6 Cents Each Publishers pDIT gUREAP • ot JRCUIATW J. Melvin Southcott Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1949 The New Progressive Conservative Leader We are not going to nominate a leader for the Progressive Conservative party. That may safely be left to the delegates who have assembled in Toronto. We should like to say that Premier Kennedy has done a good job though he was elected as a sort of stop gap. Leading a great party is the hardest of tasks, though some men covet the job. A real leader requires a great deal of ability as a party organizer and guide. That he must know the needs of the pro­ vince and the needs of Canada goes with­ out debate. Just how a premier must rest content with being premier and not to be the powder and shot of the whole party. Men of real ability in that great office have fatally erred by overlooking this prin­ ciple. Each man in his cabinet as well as each man in the party, some way, some how, is under obligation to contribute his quota to the country’s weal, for while the premier and his immediate followers need to be up and doing in the interest of their party, all good men see that these men must be country-first men and party men second. The prime minister is not required to work himself to a frazzle and a party that is worth its salt will see that he avoids this fatal blunder. Ontario has had prime ministers of whom she has been justly proud. We are sure that her new leader will enable the province to hold her head still higher. * * * * A New Province? And now there is a movement to have some of the islands of the Carribean Sea form a new province for Canada. The very mention of this proposition will cause some eye rubbing. We do considerable trading with those islands. Are we prepared to take a step looking towards political union? Stranger things have taken place even though we may have some doubts. $ $ $ $ Cantankerousness The war over, the reasonably minded nations resolved to come to an international agreement that would insure the peace of the world. Russia saw in this proposed ar­ rangement a chance to advance her own private national interests. When the United Nations came into existence she wanted an international arrangement. She was dealt with patiently in this affair till she out­ raged the good will of the other nations. One of her irritating procedures was to make it as difficult as she could for the British and American citizens in the part of Berlin that was assigned to them by inter­ national agreement. Russia seemed to be­ lieve that by shutting off water and rail­ road communication with Berlin she coulcf” -coerce her old allies into submission to her way of doing things. The United States and Britain replied by transporting goods to Berlin by airplane. Russia had failed miser­ ably in her obstructionist methods. Evident­ ly she sees that her game is lost for now she is talking of lifting the blockade by early summer. All that she has gained by her meanness is to assure the other nations that Russia is not to be trusted. Mean­ while the United States and Britain have made a decided advance in commercial aviation,* * * $ Better Unscramble Money is but a tool for carrying on business of one sort and another. Now, no workman is rich simply because he has a large number of tools in his kit unless he keeps every one of those tools employed. He never would consider those tools well employed if they were being transferred from one place to another. It is the profit­ able results that he gets front his outfit that adds to his bank account. Unless there is work—-profitable work—for those tools, they are of little value to him. Further, a man"s good name for work he can do is a good thing, but his reputed skill will not add to his wealth unless his skill and his good name are set to profitable work. It is much the same with money. The mere manipulation of money and the reputation for sterling honesty will not add to the national or individual wealth unless both are actively producing at a profit. Just now wheat is the big problem that is so intim­ ately related to British money in relation to dollars. Britain has been saving up her dollars for some time in anticipation of some emergency which is sure to come. Lately she has made up her mind to spend some of those hard earned dollars for Canadian wheat in order that she may go the British way of fulfilling a contract she made to buy Canadian wheat. Britain keeps her word. But wheat is not the only com­ modity that Britain requires, Her pitifully small supply of dollars cannot hold out in­ definitely. She is trying desperately to sell goods where she can get dollars for them. Canada may well wish that she may be successful in this effort. Further, it is to Canada’s interest to assist the good mother in her effort. Liberality on the part of Canada in this particular is good business as well as good patriotism. Along with the wheat situation goes the necessity for get­ ting business onto a basis where real values rather than fictitious values prevail. Whe­ ther we like it or not, goods of every sort must be valued in terms of life. “My king­ dom for a porse!” cried a king as his ene­ mies soon were to be upon him. This is an extreme case but it illustrates powerfully in what value consists. A thing is valuable only in so far as it meets a need. And the manipulators of money are largely to blame for the threatening danger. They have got governments and the business world into valuing goods in the terms of money rather than in the way of the goods meeting­ human wants. «l£C !r|C • Better To Get Out And Keep Out It is altogether too bad that Britain, has allowed herself to get mixed up in the Chinese mess. We sympathize with the gal­ lantry of the British sailors who went to the assistance of their ’kith and kin who were in distress. The fact is, however, that the Chinese had been taking pot shots at one another for some time and the British who remained where' the lead wAs flying- had ample time to get out. Instead they lingered where the Chinese were about to shoot, and lingered knowing that danger was imminent. Since they chose to remain in a peril that it seems they might have escaped, they should have been left* to reap what they had sown. The sailors who went to the rescue of their distressed friends knew very well that Chinese guns were loaded to the muzzle to smash up any who might look likely to interfere with Chinese purposes. Further, the British government was aware of the dangers in those waters and had ample time, as well as sufficient information, to tell all in the danger zone to keep clear. A little failure to issue suf­ ficient instructions to sailors and citizens alike may set off the powder magazine the world has been standing on for years. * # « A Coach Needed Rumour has it that Some of the friends of baseball are proving the players with a battery. This addition will strengthen the team. Some people believe that it will be better for the team to develop its own bat­ tery. Indeed the team should have two or three batteries. In amateur baseball, the thing is not so much to win games as it is to develop players. What some friends of the sport wish for is a good baseball coach who will develop not only a few ef­ ficient outstanding players but who will give everyone willing to play the game a first rate drilling in good baseball, for to become a good ball player one needs a great many touches that will make for healthy living and for getting on with others. We have a number of citizens who have the welfare of the boys at heart and for that reason we submit the idea of se­ curing a coach with a good deal of humil­ ity.* * * * About The Weather Inquiries are being made regarding the weather that is just around the corner. Others are asking if we are to have fre­ quent snowfalls throughout the season. Others are wondering if the traditional killing frost is to come on the sixth of June. Still others are asking if we are to have frequent showers With sufficient sun­ shine to insure a bumper harvest. It is to be greatly regretted that definite and satis­ factory answers are not forthcoming. We expect that there will be plenty of wet weather when the larger church meetings are being held, though the advent may have upset things in that particular. There may be rainy weather to accommodate June brides. There may be a few frosts about election time. Perhaps there will be rain on baseball evenings and perhaps not. There may be a decided cooling off should mar­ kets take a serious slump. * * # # Orange blossoms will be the favourite flowers for June. a DISAPPROVAL O> more WtWlDL As the--------- « TIMES* Go By 50 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Advocate 1899) Two plucky young .ladies, Miss Madge and Miss Russell, of the Thames Road, daughters of Mr. 'P. Madge and Mr. T. .Russell, respectively, walked all the way from iSt. Marys the other eve­ nin after school and did vnot consider it a lengthy walk either. 'Mr. R. N. Creech, teacher, has purchased a new wheel, the “Eilber” manufactured by Mr. I. Smith. Mr. A. E. Fuke having com­ pleted the town assessment re­ turned the roll to the town clerk this week. From the returns we glean the .total poulation o f Exeter to be 1,841. Messrs. A. McDonell and Alex Dow arrived home from the Old Country .Tuesday evening. Messrs. A. J. Rollins and Andrew E. Stewart have pur­ chased the Catarach Falls ’Mill­ ing business in the county of iPeel. Their principal town in which they will do most of their business is' Orangeville. They left here on Tuesday to take charge. 25 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Times 1924) Rev. Dr. Fletcher, Rev. James Foote, Rev. G. M. iChidley .and Mr. Harry Strang motored to Woodstock Monday to attend the Presbyterian Synod. Mrs. 'Clifton Davis is moving her effects to London to join her husband. Mr. J. G. Dow shipped another carload of horses to Montreal on Saturday. Mr. A. Easton ac­ companied them. The property of the late Mrs. Makins, on Andrew .Street was purchased bn Saturday by Mr. E. Harness for $1,000. Mrs. James Stewart and Miss Greta Harness, .of Windsor, are visiting in town. Miss Fern Francis is visiting for a few days in London. Mrs. W. H. 'Gregg, of Brant­ ford, arrived in Exeter oh Mon­ day to join her husband, Mr. Gregg, recently having opened up a tailoring business in ,town. 15 YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1934) Mr. T. Harry Hoffman, of Dashwood, is again to ,be con­ gratulated on the success attain­ ed at the Stratford Musical Fest­ ival last week. On Friday evening Mr, Hoffman competed in the .......... ■—11 f ........ M baritone class and was awarded the gold medal. Mr. Ed. Aidworth, who has completed his course in .Theology at iSt. Andrew’s College, Saska­ toon, is visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aidworth. Mr. Aidworth' .will be ordained a minister of the United Church at the annual session of the London Conference which meets in Sarnia in June. , Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Grieve and two daughters, Helen and Jean, and Barbara Atkinson returned home on Friday last after spend­ ing the winter i-n California. A large number of boys and girls .as well, as older ones, packed the Town Hall to hear the lecture on Bird Life given by Mr. W. E. Saunders, of Lon­ don, president of the Ontario Federation of Naturalists. For an hour and a half he held the at­ tention of those present and it was a matter of satisfaction to the older ones present to learn of the interests, and knowledge that many of the’ boys and girls of town have of bird life. Mr. Cyril Strange sang several times with guitar accompaniment. The evening .was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Miss Jean Penhale had the misfortune to fracture a bone in the right arm when she % fell while roller skating one day last week. IO YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1939) Wednesday _ evening of last week was a red letter night for the members of the Exeter Chapter of the .Eastern Star, when the new order received their charter and the provision­ al officers were installed. The new course .of study in Exeter’s new school building started for the first time on Tuesday afternoon. The Home Economics room for the girls and the work room for the boys has been fitted up with the lat­ est equipment for the carrying on of these studies. Mr. A. Faw­ cett is in charge of the boys’ work room and Miss ,M. Tape of Home Economics. Mr. Noble Scott, who recently disposed of his farm in .Stephen Township t0 Mr. John Quinlivan, has purchased the residence of Mrs. A. Rollins, Main Street, Exeter. Mr. Scott takes possess­ ion of the house June 1. Mr. Ted Buswell. who has completed his first year in chemical engineering at Toronto University, is home for the holi­ day. Exeter Wolf Cubs First Aid is a Very important part of cub training. Very short­ ly we will start learning as much as we can about it. Every now and again a Scout or Cub is in the news for quick action in First Aid applied at an ac­ cident. Just last week there was an item in the Toronto Daily Star about Phillip Platts, a member of the eighty-ninth Scout troop. Following is an ac­ count copied from The Star of how Phillip saved a life by ap­ plying knowledge of First Aid that he has learned through his Scout work: Applying Hie knowledge 'Of first aid he learned as a member of the eighty-ninth Scout troop, 14-year-old Phillip iPlatts, Rock­ well Ave., saved the life o£ Bobby 11 unto r Tuesday night. Platts picked up the young lad who fell as he was attempting to board a freight train /and rushed him home. Bobby’s foot was badly mangled when it was run over by the train >nd lie was bleeding profusely. “I saw the drew of the train point to the boy,” Phillip said. *‘I ran across the track, picked the lad up and a friend told me where he lived .so I ran home With -him. His mother Was nearly hysterical and threw a towel at me. I used it to apply pressure on a point in his leg and stop­ ped the bleeding. The child was very ;brave. He didn’t even cry despite the pain.” Phillip is a First Class Scout in the eighty-ninth troop where he has been a member for two years. His brother Harold is also a member of the same troop. He left after police ar­ rived and none knew the identity of the youthful hero. Because of Phillip’s quick action, Bobby Will lose only four toes. Now you can ,see just how ihiportattt it is that you, as a Cub, should attend every Wed­ nesday night meeting so that you will .not miss a thing. As a Cub you learn many things that will make you just a little better than the other fellow. Maybe .gome day you might find yourself in the same posit­ ion as Phillip Platts did, and if you know what to do, then may­ be you can save a life. So make sur© that from now on you don’t miss one of our Wednesday night meetings. If you are absent some night, you .may miss a very important part of our training. —■ ► HOW TO START Baby chicks leap ahead with vim and vigor when fed Roe Vitafood Chick Starter. 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