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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-03-27, Page 2P«*« 3 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1952 Cxeter <ime£>=$fob(jcat£ Timeci Established 1873 Amalgamated 1034 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town 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 CWNA * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30, 1951 — 2,493 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, 83.00 a year —• United States, in advance, $1.00 a year Single Copies 7# Each J, Melvin Southcott - Publishers * Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1952 •* South Huron Hospital Revenue Total Needed .............. 250,000. Grants .............. 100,000. Subscriptions Needed .150,000. Subscriptions Paid ..77,000. Subscriptions Due ...25,000. ----------- 102,000, NEW DONATIONS NEEDED 48,000. Expenses Property Purchased ................... 16,500, Materials Purchased or Ordered 36,000. 52,500. Land surveyed, trees removed, new building staked out, excavation to start. Delayed payments of subscriptions are needed at once. YOUR donation is essential.« * « « Shameful It is shameful that the. annual Red Cross campaign should receive the poor re­ ception it has from this community. After two weeks of campaigning, can­ vassers have collected just a little over $100 of the $3,000 objective. , Moreover, canvassers are receiving a very ill-mannered treatment from people who refuse to answer their doors when they are called upon. This is a disgusting reception to the volunteer worker of a charitable organization. Perhaps these people think the Red Cross should shut their doors to wounded men in Korea who need blood transfusions and medical help. Perhaps these people think the Red Cross should stand idly by when large disasters leave thousands of destitute peo­ ple without homes and without help. Perhaps they think, like the commun­ ist, the homeless and helpless should be left to suffer and die. Perhaps they wouldn’t need an organ­ ization like the Red Cross to help them if a tragedy should strike this community. It is unfortunate that there are so many appeals for financial help at the present time. But surely the Red Cross de­ serves some of the money you give each year to charity. Give now! ■Sf -jf 7T -X- City Slicker Overshadowed by the even more ridi­ culous charge of Col. "Bertie” McCormick, of The Chicago Tribune, that Canada’s Newfoundlanders are half-witted, are some remarks by a London (Ontario) M.P. Alex Jeffery unfortunately participated in the debate at Ottawa on dominion aid to the provinces for education. He said that education in Ontario was responsible for the "most profligate wast­ age” that ever occurred in the province for what he inferred were "educational frills”. He referred to the gymnasiums, audi­ toriums and swimming pools some of the schools have built—"yes, even a sound­ proof rifle range.”. The London lawyer said he didn’t want to be misunderstood. He believed auditoriums, gymnasiums, swimming pools and even a rifle range were necessary in crowded cities to keep children occupied and off the busy streets. "But how ridiculous it is to provide all these things for children of agricultural people when they have available the great out-of-doors,” lie said. "Brom four o’clock on, these children can get the best educa­ tion in the "world on their farms.” Mr. Jeffery is apparently a believer in the old attitude "the best i.4 none too good for us city fellas but you guys from the farm can get along on next to no­ thing.” He thinks perhaps that while his city children should have facilities to hold school meetings, concerts, plays, public speaking contests, etc., the farm children aren’t entitled to that sort of thing. He also thinks, it seems, that only his city children should have facilities for in­ door sports and exercise during winter and rainy weather while the farm offspring should sit at their desks all day except for the occasional visit to the rest rooms. He seems to contend that only his city slickers should be allowed to learn to play basketball, badminton and ether indoor re­ creation. We wonder if Mr. Jeffery isn’t jeal- i ous of the fact that with some of these "frills” the farm population will have the same chance as his urban kids. He should be thankful for one thing: He’s elected by city people, not by the rural population. * * * * Driver Types The January issue of The North Caro­ lina Motor Vehicle lists (he following driv­ er types as "The -Highway Zoo”: LION: the individualist who thinks he always has the right-of-way. BULL: the quick tempered type that sees red at a traffic light and charges on. ELEPHANT: the big, stalwart, im­ passable type that sticks to the middle of the road. CHIMPANZEE: the character who hangs on to the roof of the car with one hand while he drives with the other. JACK RABBIT: the scatback type that zigs and zags through traffic like a frightened bunny. JACKASS: the most versatile type of all, the show-off who risks his own neck and everybody else’s by speeding and weaving. Suggestion A member of the House of Commons called upon Canadians recently to make every effort to become bilingual, and in this way contribute to greater unity among Canada's two main races. A Toronto member, George Hees, sug­ gested that school boards give serious con­ sideration to the matter of a "more intens­ ive study” of French and English in all grades. "Our country is bilingual by law,” said Mr. Hees, who now is learning French himself, "but in most regions it is not bi­ lingual in practice. The two languages are often a purely mechanical barrier between the two great races working out a better understanding of each other.” Mr. Hees’ suggestion is worth con­ sideration. * * * * On Calling The Doctor (St. Marys Journal-Argus) A baby was sick this morning. The doctor was called and it being an early hour he was probably not out of bed. Yet in a matter of minutes he came in the back door of the house and within a very short time his calm reassurance combined with his fine knowledge of human ills had changed the. picture completely in that household. On thinking about this we could not help but be forcibly reminded of the won­ derful everyday service our local medical men render to the people of this commun­ ity. When you call the plumber, the paint­ er or any household serviceman you do mostly get a response in the line of good service, but what persons would think of calling anyone but the doctor in the mid­ dle of the night and expecting him to be on hand immediately. We have heard it related this way. "When I called the doctor that night I ex­ pected he might be a little annoyed or per­ haps not anxious to come at that hour, but despite being waked up from sleep his voice was as reassuring as at any time. He simply said: ‘If you want me I’ll come right awayk*” What other profession in the world does a job like this. * * * Note And Comment It is soon enough for local sportsmen to think about organizing foi‘ the ball sea­ son. -X- -X- x- This is the time for making income tax returns, says The Goderich Signal-Star, which adds: The taxpayers may be rather grouchy about the tax, but hrs temper might improve if he should reflect that he is helping to pay mothers’ allowances, un­ employment insurance, old age pensions, insurance against another ghastly war and for other useful services which contribute to the safety, the comfbrt and the prosper­ ity of the people. If he doesn’t believe^in these things for which his money is spent he can be as grouchy as lie likes. As the "TIMES" Go By ... ni ———.— — 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Joseph Brenner o£ Grand Bend is having his race course fitted up for the summer. Messrs. Thomas Russell of Usborne and Henry Smith of Hay have been appointed on the cattle committee of Western Fair, London. A monster -delivery of farm machinery was made by Mr. W. Snell, of Exeter, on Wednesday. Six carloads of machines were unloaded at the G.T.R, station. It was the largest shipment ever made to a Huron county town. A big celebration, which includ­ ed the Exeter town band, was held on the occassion. Messrs-. Handford & Elliot re­ ceived a telegram last week stat­ ing that 17 out of 18 horses they recently shipped to Winni­ peg had been frozen to death during a very heavy storm. The R. Pickard Co. have pur­ chased the grocery stock of Mr. Fred Arnold of Hensail. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. James Gilbert Jones, the senior member of the firm of Jones & May passed away on Tuesday in his seventy-second year. ’ 'CENTRALIA — The price of haircuts has been reduced to 25 cents, M. Mitchell. Messrs. Harold Taylor, Lloyd Parson, Fred Bow-den, E. Wil­ lard, Elgin Hodgins and Thomas Jones, left Saturday morning in a Ford coupe and Dodge road­ ster to motor to the West. Messrs. Harvey and Hogarth have rented the poultry farm of Mr. James Grieve, which they will operate in connection with their chick hatchery. Mr. W. H. Harvey is in charge. Mr. Ronald Hill, while crank­ ing .a car, had the misfortune to have his right arm fractured. Mr. Reg. Knight has sold his farm on th London road, south, to Mr. Arthur Day, of Kirkton. 15 YEARS AGO The following students were tops in their classes at S.S. No. 2 Hay: Clarence Knight, Helen Rowe, Ross Keys, Wanda Tuc- key, Elmer Campbell and Mar­ ion Triebner. Jean I. Coates was the teacher. At the council meeting Mon­ day the license of Mr. Nelson Statton to operate a pool -and billiard room in Exeter was re­ voked. For several weeks Mr. Statton ha's been operating the pool hall and council were at sea as to whether or not they had the power to refuse a li­ cense. The handsome brick residence of Judge J. G. Stanbury was purchased by Mr. W- J. Smith. Top students at S.S. N. 8 Hay were: Jacdb Weber, Hilda Rader, Lorna Miller, Dorothy Price,' Cecelia I-Iartman, Euoleen Kuntz and Leo Smith. Mary I. Patter­ son was the teacher. The Grand Master’s jewel of the late Samuel Poplestone was presented to Mrs. Poplestone by Past D.D.G.M. Thomas Pryde. 1O YEARS AGO Mr. H. K. Eilber, of Crediton, treasurer of the Hay Mutual Fire Insurance Company, was elected president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Underwriters’ As­ sociation. The executor’s sale of the es­ tate of the late Thomas Heaman, one-half mile south of Exeter, drew over 1,000 people, one of the largest crowds ever as­ sembled at an auction sale. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith, of town, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Miss 'Gwenneth Jones and Mr. Grant Morgan won prizes in the national temperance study course sponsored by the WCTU. ... Neighboring News ... Choristers Rehearse A rehearsal of secondary school choristers was held in Seaforth District High School on Saturday afternoon, with forty- five vocalists, and their music director, present from Hanover, Goderich, Clinton, Mitchell, Sea­ forth and Simcoe. These students have been chosen to represent their respec­ tive schools in the 250-voice choir’ which will present a pro­ gram in Eaton Auditorium, To­ ronto, on Wednesday, April 16. The choir this year will be di­ rected by Dr. Leslie Bell. (Huron Expositor) He Charmers Get The Cash Looking out the Journal-Argus window on Tuesday afternoon, we had a ringside seat on one of life’s dramas, to wit the operations of a pair of female sales girls who on some pretext of working their way through 'College Or some other hard-to- get means of livelihood, were causing all the likely locals to part with their hard-earned cash in a surprisingly easy manner. The gals, after spending the afternoon taking the sheckles out of many a tightly drawn sack, Vrere seen to sjieed away homeward i n a new model limousine, apparently with a most satisfied feeling of a suc­ cessful take for the day. Yes, Barnum was right again, folks, a sucker is born every minute! (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Seek Industry A charge that "not much has been -done to bring industries to Middlesex” resulted In the deci­ sion at County council to form a special industrial committee within Middlesex County Coun­ cil. The charge was made 1ft the March session of Council by Reeve Gordon R. MacDonald of -Strathroy. The committee will be appointed by Warden Harold Corbett and will consist of three councillors. Noting that a flourishing camerajiompany had recently de­ cided to locate in Midland which he termed "an-out-of-the-way place without even any rail fa­ cilities”, Mr. MacDonald wanted to know “Why didn’t Middlesex get something like this?” (Parkhill Gazette) Butter Down Butter production in Huron County showed a 12 percent drop in production, while Ched­ dar cheese showed 48 percent drop during the month of Janu­ ary 1952, compared with produc­ tion in January 1951. The for­ mer total was 116,408 pounds, and the latter 132,757 pounds. The Province of Ontario had a 7.4 percent rise in butter pro­ duction over the same period, from 3,014,205 pounds to 3,236,- 809 pounds, although the whole province showed a drastic de­ cline of 32.5 percent in Cheddar cheese (production from 1,174,621 pounds to 792,440 pounds. ‘Although Huron County had 2,000 fewer cows and heifers— two years old and under, kept mainly for milk purposes -— at the first of December, 1951 than it had at December 1, 1980, which was a five percent drop, Ontario as a whole had an in­ crease of 5,300 or ,4 percent for the same period. (Clinton News-Record) The room u$s quiet: the lamp wag low and the hour was late. The boy whispered: "What are you thinking about, darling?” Blushing, she replied; “The same thing you are, dear.” "Yott are?” he exclaimed. "1’11 race you to the ice-box.” How Much Do You Know About Marxism? One of the most amazing facts of the twentieth century is the acceptance given to ideas of Karl Marx- Neither the man nor his work were worth the paper and ink which lie used up during liis life­ time. Karl Marx was a self-drama­ tizing, self?pjtying, egomaniac, described by his disgusted, dis­ couraged father as “giving him­ self up to suffering at the small­ est sign of trouble, displaying a bleeding heart at every sorrow, weak, self-indulgent, conceited.” Marx was a bald-faced liar, both in speech and in print, an atheistic, anti-social, maladjust­ ed, intellectual free wheeler. He was a loafer and a cheat— he could not secure his doctor’s degree from a first-rate univers­ ity, so he got one from a mail order diploma mill. Throughout his life he sponged off his family, relatives, friends, and followers. What is this thought pattern created by this embittered misfit that has taken such a hold? What Marx Taught It is called Marxian dialectics but don’t let that frighten you; it is very easy to understand. 1. The behaviour of any civil­ ization, that is, the actions of the people in their relations with each other, is controlled (by an iron law) by the type and quan­ tity of the tools of production. 2. The ruling classes are bound to be the owners of the tools of production, who because they control employment, have the power to make laws. 3. Non-ownership of the tools which they use forces the em­ ployees into a life and death struggle with the owners be­ cause no world is big enough to hold both classes for any length of time. 4. Morality, religion, ethics, etc., are the temporary customs and habits that best fit man’s economic relations at any given time: there are no permanent principles of morality and government. 5. Specifically (following step 4), commandments such as that people should not kill, steal, lie, covet or bear false witness, are temporary needs peculiar to the private property system. ® 6. Since every era5 of techno­ logical progress outgrows and, through new progress, destroys itself, any particular era will be consumed by the era that grows out of it. 7. This moment of self-de­ struction is the moment for the employees to rise up and make certain that the destruction is complete: if they fail to do this, they themselves will be destroy­ed. 8. With the employees as the ruling class, all will ■‘be sweetness and light, and morality and government authority now re­ quired by the private property system will wither away. 9. In this perfect propertyless system, the period ^of history preceding the revolution would be known as the “last stages of barbarism”. I It is interesting to note the "Iron Law” which Marx “dis­ covered” and upon which he based his dialectics (a big word for logic): 1. All value is measured in work hours. 2. Wages are paid-for work hours. 3. Profit is tin-paid for work hours. 4. Better tools add no value to production. 5. Bettei* tools mean fewer workers and fewei* work hours. 6. Better tools, therefore, mean that more work hours must be stolen from employees in order to maintain the same profit. 7. This process must continue inexorably, thus reducing the employee to a state of misery. 8. The desperation of the in­ creasing number of unemployed and the increasingly exploited employees will inevitably cause them to rise up and destroy the system of private ownership. Without Research All this is more amazing be­ cause anyone who would take the trouble to read his work would find that he admits that he never did any research in this matter; he never even walked across the hall of the London Library to the room where all the economic transactions of the British Empire were on record, He admitted in his private letters to his co-worker Engel that, “It is well that our follow­ ers do not know how little we know of wliat we are doing.” By his own statement he ar­ rived at this Iron Law, not by research, but by “force of ab­ straction.” In other words, all his work was done in a vacuum and totally unrelated to economic 'reality. It is not surprising, therefore, that during his lifetime he re­ ceived very little credit for his work particularly because he lived for 30 years after having discovered his Iron Law and everything that happened during the period made a liar of him. But what Marx did leave is thousands of words of vitupera­ tion against the private property system. His work has been useful, therefore, to every crooked poli­ tician who desired to inflame the employee against the employer and garner votes. Mystery Of A Century The mystery of the twentieth century is how this intellectual rubbish came to be elevated into a respectable school of thought. Perhaps the answer is that the teachings of Marx are purely materialistic, and that the think­ ing of so many of us has been confused. But democracy is based on definite moral principles. And those who best understand — and live by — sound moral prin­ ciples, best understand the fal­ sities in the doctrines of Marx, and the terrible tragedy that woud result if enough people were fooled by them to base the law of the land on them. Hu ron Crop Report Warm sunny days, coupled with the desired amount of freezing at night, has given two or three excellent runs of sap this week. Very little snow is left on the fields and * already some of the roads have become quite ’ rough and soft due to spring breakup. Demand for the powder le­ gume inoculants is much greater than for the agar type used in previous years.- Most farmers have already secured their seed requirements for this spring with the exception that there is still considerable demand for home-grown clover seed. SMILES . . . . Several days after his father died, little Johnny was stopped in the street by a kindly neigh­ bor, “And what were your poor father’s last words?” the neigh­ bor asked. "He didn’t have any,” Johnny replied. “Mother was with, him to the end.” * * * * Judge: “What happened after the .prisoner gave you the first blow?” Witness: “He gave me a third one.” “You mean a second one?” “No, I gave him the second one.” LAFF OF THE WEEK "I am not talking-too fast!.., you're fast listening too slow!"