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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-12-01, Page 2Pago 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1949 Wfjc <xeter Warned Bbbocate 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 Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the OWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-In-Advance Circulation As Of September 30, 1948 — 2,276 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott - Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1949 Why Not More Prizes For Old Ontario? Congratulations are in order for the prize winners at Royal Winter Fair, To win at this great fair when the field is fair and the awards are given on merit alone is no small achievement, Old Ontario litis won a portion of those awards-, But why have her farmers not won more distinc­ tion? We have a splendid climate. Nature endowed us with soil of the first quality. We have spared neither money nor pains to give distinction to our schools and uni­ versities of every sort. In face of all this, Old Ontario lags when it comes to putting a large proportion of farm goods to the fore. We have tried every sort of combina­ tion known to man in the way of clubs and forums and recreation centres. And still Old Ontario has not won the preemin­ ence that should be hers when her oppor­ tunities and advantages are considered. Are we low in the scale because we have been content with half measures ? At any rate it will do us a world of good to hold ourselves at arm’s length and to come to some honest conclusions regarding our achievements. A goodly number of foreign­ ers are making comfortable fortunes that we in our heedlessness are throwing away. & '5* On Being Bossed It was 4 o’clock in the big hardware store. Mrs. Brown had made a purchase adding, "Please send it out right away as I’ll need it this evening’’. The clerk replied* that he was afraid that the request could not be granted as the hour for the after­ noon delivery was past. The lady expressed her regrets and was on the point of recall­ ing her order when Bill, the youngest clerk, said that if the customer could wait till after 6 o’clock he would take the order out on his bicycle before he had supper. On arriving the clerk was asked if the lady’s stove could be fixed. The clerk re­ plied that if the customer would have the stove cool the clerk would be out next eve­ ning at 7 o’clock. The stove, proved to be worn out and the clerk made a sale of a fine stove with its equipment. The boy put up with some inconvenience ("bossing” some of us would call it) but lie soon was at the head of the sales force. The more the store bossed him, the harder he tried to please. Canadians are likely to tell you that they do not like being bossed. What they really mean is that they are resentful of discipline. Too many of us think our­ selves heaven-born for this or that occupa­ tion. The natural consequence is that the careless, undiciplined one never comes to the top. They wreck cars. They make mis­ fits in the shop. They do not keep their business engagements. They are a constant source of annoyance and irritation. We de­ tect the undisciplined party as soon as we meet him, What about it? For one thing we’ll do Well to hold ourselves at arm’s length. In this connection we may well con­ sider the Moronic ship disaster. After this vessell was burned at the Toronto dock with appalling loss of life, an investigation was carried out. The commission appointed to do the investigating went into the catas­ trophe with highly commendable thorough­ ness. The disaster was* found, for the most part, to have been due to inexcusable carelessness and lack of proper discipline, bossing some people would call it. Neglect was found to be the rule of the whole crew and of others responsible for the care of the ship and for the protection of the pas­ sengers. What occurerd goes on in princi­ ple in by far too many situations where the safety of life and property are con­ cerned. As one acute critic spoke of us, we are an undisciplined race. The consequences of this lack may be seen every day. The Innocent Bystander Three news items were to the fore shortly after the beginning of the coal and the steel strike. One item was that the workers and the management had lost hun­ dreds of millions of dollars. The second was that a clerk in one of the stores had suffered a drastic cut in his wages. The third item was that a small contractor had to abandon his job because he could not procure nails. Look at the significance of these news items. Because the management had lost darge sums, there would be a re­ luctance to improve machinery and to launch into larger undertakings. This, in turn, would affect the progress of the whole nation, for coal and steel are universally required Workers would be tempted to seek new jobs and would endanger their standing With the company and endanger the whole future, including loss in their pensions. Everyone of them would curtail his expenditure, thus affecting every home and every child. The clerk’s family would spend less for Christmas cheer and in dozens of ways all the way from small self-denials to actual hardship. The con­ tractor would dismiss his workers and be obliged to give up other contracts. In this way the business of the .whole continent would be directly affected. This raises the point of our having representatives in con­ gress and parliament wli0 are genuine guardians of the public interest. As long as no one liveth to himself or dieth to himself there will be labour and management dif­ ferences. Men , are flesh and blood, think­ ing beings who inevitably will have differ­ ences of one sort and another. It is the business of the elected representatives of the people to see that those differences of opinion do not reach the point where the whole country suffers hardship, as these three news items indicate,. Already the voters are alert to the situation even though the men in parliament are asking for a little more sleep and a little more slumber. M n* Two Other News Items This North American continent has had two distinguished open-eyed visitors. One visitors was the prime minister of India. Asked on his leaving the continent what he regarded as the mainspring of ilmerican energy and prosperity, he replied that it was the spiritual urge of the people that drove them forward. In days when church-going is looked upon as a sideline by many people, and Sabbath observance as a sort of inconvenience that may well be ignored if something “important is to be looked after”, it is well for all of us to see that our religious duties are the very iron in our blood and the life stream of our brains. Second, comes the story that Germany has sent to this continent forty-two youths (thirty-one boys and eleven girls) to look about them and to report at home. This was no "cook’s tour” affair but a real oc­ casion of observation. The great thing about this visit was that Germans realize they must get over their bondage to old fashions and customs. Those Germans wish to know how the world appears to eyes that have a way of seeing only what they have been accustomed to look at. Those youngsters will be encouraged to tell their whole story in details. Not only that, those youngsters will tell what sort of people they found the Americans. This statement will have a fresh earth smell about it. It will be vital. All that those youngsters saw and heard and all the impressions they re­ ceived will be carefully analized by the acute minds of the Germans who sent out the expedition. The result will be a new force operating in the fatherland. Why Not Huron? Still a third incident requires attention. Thirty or more youngsters from one of the city schools were given a ride to the Royal at a nominal price. An early start was made, lunches were provided by the child­ ren, two senior teachers lead the happy crowd. And what did not those children see! Flowers and cattle and horses and machinery and, of course, the musical ride. Music, the best in the world, was heard. Not a minute was lost. The day over, the youngsters returned home tired but happy beyond all tolling Not while they live will that great day be forgotten. And what school exercises will follow of what was seen and heard and what things will be talked about ! Why should not Huron under­ take some such work next year? Why should not Exeter take a lead in this good work ? ■ In days when it rs acknowledged that sixty-five per cent of our knowledge comes through the eye, it is timely for Canadians to see to it that the children should see the finest achievements of the race. The cost of such a visit as is here suggested is not great but the returns can­ not but be enormous. Note and Comment "What sort of a home or shop or com­ mittee or church or town would this be if everyone in it were just like me?” When we answer this we’ll be very likely to en­ gage some worthy party to be after us with a sharp stick and to welcome every prod administered. ■ - — —_ d i Special Notice Having disposed of our business to Wes Rycknian, I wish to thank our many customers for their loyal support during the past seventeen years, We would solicit your continued patronage to our successor, Ues in an Exeter boy, a war veteran, and has good, experience in the grocery business, The store will be closed all day on Monday, Decem­ ber 5, for stock-taking. Wm. Cook H. J. CORNISH & CO. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 294 DUNDAS ST. LONDON, ONT. —-I................................. ............................ ......... ............ As the----— “TIMES” Go By “ I ■ 50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Advocate 1899) The magic city of St. Joseph, about which so much has been said and written, is now a verit­ able hive of industry and a big gang of men are working on the big building* which has caused so much speculation. A steady stream of teams pass Zurich every day, bound for the happy land, where it is promised a city will spring up that will dazzle the most sanguine. The progress of the work is being watched with interest. The fourth anniversary of the new Main St. Methodist Church was held on Sunday and Monday, December 3 and 4. Rev. H. W. Locke, of Chatham, a former pastor, preached two splendid sermons. The fowl supper on Monday evening was a decided success. A meeting for the purpose of organizing a Poultry Association will be held in the Town Hall Friday evening at 5:30. 25 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Tinies 1924) Rev. W. E. Donnelly B.A., pas­ tor of James Street Methodist Church, has received a call to Central Methodist Church, Strat­ ford, to become their pastor at the next conference year. The Exeter Junior Farmers’ Improvement Association held their regular monthly meeting in Senior’s Hall on Thursday eve­ ning. The organization held their annual election of officers, the results of which are as follows: President, Mr. Wilfred Shapton; Vice-President, Mr. Horace Del- bridge; Secretary Treasurer, Mr. Harry Strang; Auditors, Messrs. Earl Shapton and Clarence Down. Mr. Thomas Pryde, who has spent the summer in Newfound­ land, is expected home in a few days. U.N.I.C.E.F. Emergency Fund Canada’s support of the United Nations fund for needy children still is far behind that of other countries, it was shown in re­ ports from the United Nations International Children’s Emer­ gency Fund headquarters in Ot­ tawa. A. B. MacDonald, the national chairman of‘UNICEF in Canada, said in a report released today “Okay! Okay! You win! 1*11 pay the past due installments.” - Customer — “A dozen eggs, please.” Grocer: “We have first grade eggs, second grade eggs, third grade—*” Customer: "Don’t bother any farther, dust let me have some that have graduated!” (The Times-Advocate 1934) Clerk Jos. Senior entertained the Reeve and members of the Council and iC'ommissioner Horry to an oyster feed at • Grieve’s Sandwich Shop rat the close of the council meeting on Monday evening. The furniture store of Mr. E. R. Hopper was the scene of con­ siderable interest Saturday eve­ ning as the judges determined the weight of a Gibbard walnut dining room suite used in a guessing contest. The furniture was weighed on the scales of the Exeter Creamery by the retiring reeve, W. D. Sanders, and the newly-elected reeve, Thos. Pryde. The winners were Mrs. William Sanders, of Stephen, Cecil Laing and Miss Ethel Smith. The December meeting of the Ministerial' Association of South Huron met at Elimville parson­ age Monday afternoon. The sec­ retary read a communication from the Central Huron Associa­ tion regarding Sunday funerals, which was read as follows; “Re­ solved that .the Ministerial As­ sociation go on record as dis­ approving of Sunday funerals except by order of the Medical Health Officer.” The members of the South Huron Association were unanimous In favour of the resolution. IO YEARS AGO ’ (The Timcs-Advocate 1939) Mr. Mervin Johnston, of town, has been appointed manager of the local branch of Swift Can­ adian Co. John Page and Stan Green, who took a Boy Scout patrol leaders’ training course at Strat­ ford recently, passed their tests and are now entitled to wear the Arrow Head badge. A very interesting travelogue was given in Cromarty Church on Friday night by Miss Mamie Pridham, of Russeldale, a former teacher in Exeter Public School. that this country’s support Is “NOT as generous as other coun­ tries.” The average yearly con­ tribution by Canadians has been only “a few cents per capita, compared with tiny Iceland’s ef­ fort of four dollars per capita. Canada’s sister-dominion, Aus­ tralia, now Is well in advance of all other Oommonweath countries in the support given by govern­ ments in proportion to popula­ tion. A fourth contribution of £5100,000 was voted in October by the Australian government. In addition, some $2,000,0<09 were collected in Australia last year, the largest amount raised by any country in public appeals. The total Australian effort now amounts to some $10,000,000— an equivalent of $1.40 a person. The Canadian (Government lias contributed $5,200,000 since the United Nations first launched its appeal for the Children’s Emer­ gency Fund in 1947. Another $1,075,000 is included in esti­ mates now before Parliament for approval. The response from in­ dividual Canadians has, however, been poor. In spite of the fact that more Canadians are employ­ ed today than at any other time in the nation’s history, only some $170,000 was obtained by UNIC­ EF in Canada this summer fol­ lowing an appeal by mail. Mr. MacDonald said every working Canadian was being asked to contribute at least one dollar to the current appeal for voluntary donations. A large p e r c e n t a g e of the money donated by Canada has been spent tight in this country, thereby helping maintain indus­ try at a, high level. Almost $2,000,000 already has been spent in Canada by other couh» tries tor UNICEF parchases. Benjamin Franklin, famous for his great achievements in many fields, was also vitally interested in character develop­ ment. For his own self-im­ provement he created a check­ list of qualities and virtues, which represented an ideal toward which to strive. Here are a few selections from his list: "Silence. Speak to benefit others or yourself. "Order. Organize your equipment and your time. "Resolution. Plan and execute without fail. "Industry. Waste neither time nor effort. "Sincerity. Avoid deceit. Think and act justly.” But Branklin went, one im­ portant step further. Realizing that it is humanly impossible to improve oneself a dozen ways at once, he concentrated on one virtue at a time. Each week he would practice that virtue to the best of his ability. Then he would proceed to another, until he had completed the list. Following this policy helped make Franklin one of the great men of history,. It may help you. 0 • • “Frugality. Avoid needless expense. 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