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THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1949 <fje Cxeter Times Established 1873 Anudgamated November 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter ami District Authorized as Second Class Mail* Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Buroau of Circulation Paid-In-Advance Circulation As Of September 30, 1948 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cent® Each - PublishersJ. Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1949 Has Britain Failed In This? Beaders will recall the story of one of the men who made Greece mighty. The secret of this hero’s triumphs was that he was immortal as long as he touched the earth. He was beaten at last by another, warrior who held him in the air and when so suspended mortally wounded him. Not that Britain has deserted the earth . , . but she cannot be said to be an agricultural country. She made no mistake when she took to manufacturing and to venturing on the sea. But she made a serious mistake when she let farming get out of balance with the rest of her industries. The day she allowed herself to become dependent upon other nations for her food she bared her breast to national suicide. For in get­ ting away from farming she lost far more than her food. She lost that something that comes from winning one’s food from the soil. No one can tell precisely what this “something” is but those who observe hu­ man life know that the man who can con­ dition the soil has an attribute that can be had in no other way. There is no winning of this quality bv proxy. It must be won at first hand. The nation that diligently sees to it, by first hand contact, that the soil of the nation improves steadily as it produces for man and beast, has a virtue that is not open to- man by any other means. When the story of North Africa is told it will be revealed" that that mighty country became a desert because the na- . tions of the far-off times neglected the land committed to them. The decliRp and fall of great nations followed hard -upon the neglect of the soil. Just now, the big wigs in Britain ai*e busy manipulating the means of exchange. They are trying hard to get their country on an everi keel by treaties and agreements. This sort of thing is very valuable up to a certain point but the basis of all prosperity is the soil. But that soil must be worked by the people themselves and not hired help. Rome’s great leader, to whom5 she turned in her direst extremities and to whom she never turned in farmer. When the Roman senators outdone by circumstances they sought this general and found him in his field tivating his turnips. At his country’s he laid down the hoe and took up sword and saved liberty for the world. At any rate, the professional politicians have got Britain into a pretty mess. They will be showing themselves men of some sense at least by thinking of this Roman leader and by emulating those senators who knew where to look for the leader the hour called for. When Britain again becomes agricultural she will find herself leading the van among the nations of the world. She will then leap where she now limps. * * * “The Leeches” A friendly but {severe reader of this great family journal attacked us for our article of last week, “A Deadly Disease”. We were dealing with the financial morass in which Britain and the United States find themselves. We had quoted one of the fin­ ancial big wigs who had said that our busi­ ness life was the victim of a “deadly dis­ ease”. "Disease? Disease nothing!” exclaimed our outspoken critic. “What’s wrong with us is that we are loaded down with leeches that are sucking the last drop of blood out of our systems. The worst feature of it is that we have fastened those leeches on our­ selves and are paying out all we have to keep those leeches filling themselves. Look at that fellow driving past in his high priced*car. All his car will do for him is to take him there and bring him back if he doesn’t get tight, and getting tight is a very hungry leech. He has paid about three thousand dollars simply to be stylish as he thinks. That leech has sucked the poor fel­ low pretty dry, as I happen to know!” "But why fuss about the car? urged. Simply because the car is at once a symbol and a symptom of our folly. Under­ stand our folly about the car and all things economic will be added into you. The car is a fine servant but a bad master and master it is for a great many people. The car has lead many a good man into a fool's paradise.” " > Nor did our critical the ear. “We are a nation arils,” he continued. "We the puss out of the open ancial muddle,” 'We have a right to believe that those men who arc alleged to represent us al the vain, was a practical operating were for cul- call the big conferences held in one place and an­ other, to find out what is to be done about our troubles, carry a ballot box with them to remind, them that whatever they do they must not lower the prestige of the party they represent. Sometimes we think that these deliberators are in very close touch’ with the party leaders at home who wind up every communication with a solemn warning not to do anything to injure the party. You see, we are a party ridden coun­ try. The telephone was ringing us up and madam was announcing that dinner was getting cold. We beat a hasty retreat in a genuinely chastened mood. Cud on what our critic said.* # * * A Moral Problem The simple truth is that our jjjesent difficulty—financially and. otherwise—is a moral problem. We have lost sight of the proper end and aim of life. Life does not consist altogether in big deals and mort­ gages and stocks and six per cent. The men whom this land will remember longest died poor men. Laurier and MacDonald were not possessed of large bank accounts. Their choice was the service that they might ren­ der their native land. Lincoln was anything but wealthy. Champlain preferred the of the explorer and the adventurer for manitv to the accumulation of a large tune. Yet what names stand higher on honour rolls of this continent than natnes of those men? Is it not time that we did a little thinking and revised our lives ? # # & ~% An Arrangement Necessary Our news columns tell of a run our fire brigade made the other afternoon to save the property of a farm a few miles from the village. Nothing pleases Exeter better than coming to the assistance of her neighbours. On the occasion referred to, the Hensall brigade was on hand arrival of the Exeter fire eaters, suggests two things: First, there a definite understanding as to the firefighters are expected to serve. Dup­ lication of services should be avoided. Se­ cond, an understanding should be arrived . at concerning the p^v for such trips. As this village is well aware, the maintenance of a fire brigade is an expensive matter. Apparatus must be renewed from time to time and such renewal costs money. The municipal councils involved should have no difficulty in coming to a satisfactory ar­ rangement in a matter that may trouble if not, attended to. * * * * Welcome Home! Dr. Margaret Strang Savage visit to her parents in the village, tor is in charge of a hospital in the Peace River district, an institution that serves a large area. Readers will recall the stirring letters appearing 4 in The Times-Advocate recounting the adventures of this brave woman as she practised her healing art in the far flung district of the province that is one day destined to take a leading part in the life of our evergrowing Dominion. An interesting feature of the doctor’s trip home is that she left her place of service by plane and in a few hours was under her father’s roof tree. All wish the doctor all the good that may come from her well earned vacation. * * * * May Answer Building By-law Problem The London Township council laid charges against the Thames Boat Club, Riverside, for violating the ^building by-law of the township. The boat club constructed its clubhouse without first applying for a permit as stipulated under the law. Local municipalities and townships, who have been hounded by similar evasions, will be watching the results with interest, cedent may we friend stop with of financial cow­ are afraid to let sore of our fin- n 7W7- W/5- PJS’SE/TT fy&ow rwe/sav obmt two npws-AAef Bureau drawers and cupboa rds-arc no place fpr government bonds and other valuable papers when protection behind the stcel^doors of our vaults costs so little. Thousands of B ofM customers have found a personal Safety Deposit Box the answer to their safekeeping needs—at a cost of but a cent or two a day. Bank ojf Montreal Aik for our booklet 21 ways a million Canadians use the B of M AD74 be established. ❖ # * $ “O Promise Me” about one in four a church minister Because ri&ges fails, chusetts changes the marriage ", • , so long as ye both may live1 he considers more in tune with the times . so long as ye both shall love”, pro­ vided the couple agree, of course. ~ # It has been suggested that all smokers carry, fire extinguishers set on a hair trig­ ger. U.S. mar- in Massa- Vow line ” to one *4*' ’$*• Johnny, as he gathers the family pota­ toes, finds it necessary to wear asbestos shoes to protect his feet from scorching, As the {< TIMES” Go By Proud, Too! 50 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Advocate 1899) The Ontario Department .of Crown Lands has been asked to grant a license for a frog manu­ factory to be located near .Napa- nee. It is the intention of the promoters to breed all kinds of frogs for table .use on an ex­ tensive scale. Robert Bell Jr. is manufactur­ ing a machine for the making of brick .with cement and sand. The machine has been tested at Sea­ forth and will turn out 8000 bricks a day. These bricks are equal to stone and can be made at the same price as ordinary brick.—Hensall 'Observer. On Monday afternoon last, while moulders at the Exeter foundry were casting, one of the boxes burst, owing probably to too much moisture in the sand, the hot metal flying in all directions and setting fire to the roof, which, for a short time threatened to destroy the build­ ing. 25 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Times 1924) Mr. Henry Reynold, of Vic­ toria park, town, picked from a single bush in liis fine garden,, twenty-one quarts of excellent gooseberries. Mr. R. G. Seldon, wh0 is in attendance at the bowling tourn­ ament at London this week, was on Monday elected president of the Western Ontario Bowling Association. W. J. Heaman, E. J. Christie, W. W. Taman and R. G. Seldon captured the Turnbull trophy at the London Bowling Tournament this week. The building in connection with the open air skating rink, Hensail, has been taken down and other, more up-to-date rooms will be erected about twenty feet farther south, which will make the rink a good size. 15 YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1934) The celebration of the “Glor­ ious 12th" in Exeter on Thurs­ day of last week stands out as one of the .best in the history of Huron County. The observance of the twenty-fourth anniversary of the’ Battle of the Boyne at­ tracted one of the largest crowds that, has been seen in Exeter in many years and has been esti­ mated at between 7,i0‘00 and 8,000 people. Rev James guest speaker were present. Because an years old is no indication that his days of usefulness are past. Thomas Appleton, 79-year-old veteran of the Exeter Lodge sold more tickets than anyone else. He sold 1-1 O' tickets and also sold the lucky ticket, . Mr. William Brown of Usborne was the lucky winner $10 0 draw prize. 1O YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1939) Ten boys returned from the Presbyterian Boys Camp at Kin­ tail, where they had been with Mr. Hill. These boys carried themselves with distinction in camp. Bobby Kydd took the high­ est number of points in the camp. Jim White took the third highest and carried ribbons to certify to his prowess as a jump­ er. Earl Sims was the best junior runner in the cami) .and Bob Coleman the best intermediate. The Chrysler Royal, passenger specially built vertible phaeton used by ■Majesties, King , George Queen Elizabeth during recent1 visit to Canada was on exhibition at Stewart Bros, gar­ age Thursday evening of last week for a short time and nume­ rous persons enjoyed a ride. EDGEWOOD Mr. Victor Westman Thursday .in London. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Barbara Aim and Zubal spent Saturday evening in London. Mr. Jack Hodgin, Mrs. Young and Aleen and Linda, of Lucan, and Bobby Harvey, of Exeter, spent Wednesday evening with friends. , Mr. Russell Moore, of Toronto, spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. Roy Moore, and family. .The brothers haven’t seen one an­ other for 19 years. Miss Margaret Westman and her friend spent the week-end at home. Wedding bells have been ring-* Ing in the neighborhood the past Week, Mr, and Mrs. Bill Bendall have returned home from their wed­ ding trip. "Yes, I guess the gas mixture is Still a trifle too riclt.” W. Ontario Cattle Shipped To Italy Seventy head of Western On­ tario’s best Holstein-Friesian cat­ tle worth $27,00i0' left London on .Saturday for Italy where they will be usecb-AS breed herds to build ( up that country’s stock. This is the largest shipment yet to_ leave for the Mediterranean and cattlemen foresee a sizeable export market in the making. The heifers left by rail for Montreal and .will make the sea voyage aboard the S.S. March­ port. They came from various breeders in Oxford* Berth* Mid­ dlesex, Lambton, Huron* .Bruce* Elgin and .Norfolk counties and are destined for grazing land in the north part of Italy. If the livestock market main­ tains current trends d i s t r J c t cattle breeders expect to sell large numbers of certified cattle to Italy with volume perhaps surpassing the sales to United States, Movement of cattle to the south are reported only 55 per cent of last year’s, lower jnilk and beef prices in the U.S. bring­ ing hoof value below that de­ manded by district .owners. ' The H o I s t e i n s’ have been bought by private Italian capital, Marshall Plan dollars Are still available for continued sale to this .country should present pur­ chases cease. The cattle are shipped by In­ ternational Livestock Exporters Limited, of Oakville* for which Arnold Weaver, of Belmont, is local representative, Fred B. Griffin, of Burgessville is ac­ companying the herd. Fifty head of top commercial pure-breds in calf are going to ths Societa Pohdiaria Agricola Industrial© in I’ortogruaro, These average $315 each and will be use/T for breeding and milking. When we put a wax finish on a customer’s car, it’s eas^ to see the proud, look on his face. And.,why not! His car was simonized with our new spray waxer. Not only does it give a gleaming finish but the wax gets into the little corners, giving the finish that extra protection from rust. Moore’s Service Station Phone 129W Exeter, Ont. CLIFF MOORE, PROP Make more Money from STURDIER Pullets with ROE VITA-GROW ROE FARMS MILLING CO., ATWOOD, ONT YOU CAN GET ROE FEEDS FROM: A. Traquair, Exeter H. G. Webber, Woodham Tindall, Mooresville H. Kellerman, Dashwood • Milton Dietz, Zurich SNELL BROS. & CO. Phono 100 Exeter Supertest Gasoline & Oils