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THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23
“MAYE5E WE OUGHT TO TAKE A POLL”
Long, in The Minneapolis Tribune.This “Oleo” Rumpus
It seems that some people were inter
ested in keeping “oleo” off the market, in
the interest of public health, you may be
sure. Indeed, one was liable to all manner
of pains and penalties if, in Canada, he
should be found dealing commercially with
that strange commodity. At last the su
preme court of Canada decided, that is was
legal to deal in this article, provided the
article was made in Canada. The radio
seemed to tell us that “oleo” would be on
the market in Canada in a week or ten
days. What followed? The machinery com
menced to whirl and we found that the
“oleo” must be tested, out for its fitness for
food, though we thought that that detail
had been decided and that ’“oleo” was al
right as an article of diet. We are living
in deep peace of mind as we realize that
this country won't allow the common man
to do some of his own investigation and to
be assured that whoever loses by the com
ing in of “oleo” the ultimate consumer has
the quiet satisfaction of knowing that he is
paying for the delays and tests and com
mittees and inspectors and gaugers and
scale overseers. The country still is safe.
It is protected by interests who .know
which side of then* bread is buttered or
“oleoed”.
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Growing Particular
Not so long ago an Exeterile visited
one of the big dairy farms. He was admit
ted very reluctantly and only after he bad
soaked his rubbers in a disinfecting fluid
and had donned a special set of overalls
and a special cap. The attendant was ex
acting in these particulars. It was explained
that the premises had been thoroughly dis
infected at a considerable cost and that the
owners were careful to keep T.B. and
Bang’s away as far as possible. We cannot
but wonder if these precautions should not
be made something like compulsory on
every farm. It is of little use to clean up
from disease only to allow its free re
entrance. Farming is no longer a matter of
mere muscle and good appetite. The whole
farm process is subject to so many forms
of disease that every precaution is required
if serious loss and heavy hardship are to
be avoided. The poultry and hog business
are in the same category as far as the
spread of disease through the agency of
visitors is concerned.
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A Limit
Sometimes we find ourselves talking as
if the old law of supply and. demand were
supreme in business. Just as we are sure
that supply and demand decide such af
fairs we come up against something that
turns our point. Take the matter of Cana
dian wheat for an illustration. Canada has
an abundance of wheat. Britain genuinely
want our wheat. Her necessity calls for our
wheat. Yet in the face of this supply and
of this demand no business is being done.
Why? Simply because Britain has no cash
wherewith to buy our wheat supply. Are
we learning that there is a higher law than
mere supply and demand ? Does the occa
sion call for generosity on Canada’s part?
Would it not be the proper thing for Cana
da to make a straight gift to Britain of the
wheat she could now dispose of? This, we
believe, would not only be a generous act.
but good’ food business as well. Britain is
going to regain her once proud place
among the nations. When she so does, she
will recall the nations who helped her in
her day of struggle. It is still true that
there are times when it pays to cast out a
sucker to catch a salmon. ri
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Life’s Best Tools
Life’s best tools are for the hands
th'at can use them. Hands such as these
are not prepared in a (lay. Parents need
great patience to keep the children prepar
ing themselves for life’s big prizes. Scot
tish parents had this patience. Many a
toilsome hour they spent encouraging their
children to be ready to lay a strong hand
upon worthwhile opportunity when it pre
sented itself. Mediocrity is likely to lose
its job at the first sign of difficult times
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That Oil and Water
We used to be told that oil and water
will not mix. Since then a good many peo
ple have submitted the oil and water to
many shakings in the hope that what we
had been told would be proven uutrue.
There is no need of going into the intri
cacies of chemistry in this connection for
by and large even in this day of advanced
science, oil and water do not mix. The.
western nations have been trying some
such experiment with Russia only to find
out the truth of what this journal has re
peatedly pointed out—namely, that Russia
is almost inherently different from the wes
tern nations. The western nations are will
ing to be neighbourly while Russia aims to
live the practice of two principles—domi
nation of the rest of the -world, and
that what her sons do must be for
the promotion of what she regards as. be
ing solely in the interest of Russia and of
no other country. Little wonder that the
United Nations after'all its travail of soul
has done so little in the way of solid ac
complishments. Russia is Russia and the
western, nations are what they are. Not till
both the westerners and the Russians be
come genuine Christians will the open sore
that now divides Russia from the rest of
the world even approximate to healing.
That Independence Money
Observers note the tendency of many
a young person to find a job long before
his high school course is finished in order
that* he may have some form of indepen
dence. This desire is found in the breasts
of high spirited youth. Parents are likely
to applaud this attitude of youth and are
likely to recite with something like pride
the amount their ambitious children are
bringing in. The youth himself is likely to
strut a little as he hears coin jingling in
his pocket. Yet some thoughtful people are
asking if this ready cash is not being won
at too high a price? When old Scotland
was at her best it was the deep-rooted
burning ambition of every parent to see
that his child received a really good edu
cation. There was to be no scamping of
lessons. The rudiments were to be genuine
ly and thoroughly rubbed in. After his
schooling was completed and the youth ap
prenticed to his chosen calling, again em
ployer and parent united in seeing that the
youth was thoroughly trained. Nothing was
too small to be passed over lightly. The
right way of doing was to be learned and
no excuse was taken for doing the job in
any other way. Of course there were the
good for nothings that broke through the
best discipline but they were regarded as
of little account and were spoken of as
Old So-and-So’s wastrels. But the Scottish
youth, when he had finished his education,
and his apprenticeship, had an occupation
of which he was master. When he came to
America he was ready for any job from
underling to captain of industry. Witness
Lord Strathcona and a thousand others
who rose to the very top of their occupa
tion. Parents should look into this situa
tion and give themselves no rest till their
children see that what is called “indepen
dence money” may be the first chains that
bind their children to a painful mediocrity
with poverty as its most prominent fea
ture.« * * *
Oleomargarine
Farmers are not worried about the
coming on the market of oleomargarine.
They say very properly that if certain peo
ple waat oleomargarine that it is but fair
that they should have it. Butter, they know,
has established itself as an. article of food.
Indeed, along with bread, butter makes up
a large part of civilized man’s diet. More
over, the farmers know that they can com
pete in far fairer terms with the markets
of any other bread spread in the world. So
why worry? they say. They are not quar
reling with anybody. Indeed, some of them
argue that the more people who taste oleo-
margaarine, the more of them will want
butted. Butter’s place on men’s tables is as
sured while oleomargarine has to win its
way, and that under a considerable handi
cap, Why should anyone insist that oleo
margarine should be put on the market
with the colour of an exquisitely laundered
white shirt?» One may be mistaken but this
good paper cherishes tile opinion that but
ter has some colouring matter in its com
position. There are some brave people who
argue that colouring mattering is used in
the manufacture of cheese. Such matters
are very difficult to judge of so we ad
vance our opinion on a subject so difficult
with considerable diffidence.
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Note and Comment
Be sure to attend the nomination meet
ing to see that the fittest men for public
office are got before the voters.
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“TIMES* Go By
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50 YEARS AGO
(The Advocate, 1908)
The Fat Stock Show under
the auspices of the South Hur
on Agricultural Society was
held here on Friday last. The
weather was not the most fav
orable but a goodly number
were in attendance. The stock
was not lai-gely represented
however the animals shown
v ere of exceptionally fine class
while the show of poultry was
decidedly good.
A portion of the Main Street
Methodist church sheds, under
the heavy coating of snow, col
lapsed on Tuesday,
The Darktown .Swells, an ag
gregation of white and colored
artists numbering twenty peop
le, appeared to a good house
here Monday night under the
auspices of the Exeter Firemen,
The show is one of the best
minstrel organizations on the
road.
The Rev. J. T, Kerrin, oi
Mitchell, gave his famous lec
ture on his travels through
South America, under the aus
pices of the Trivitt Memorial
Church, in Gidley’s Opesa House
on Friday night last. Unfortu
nately he was not greeted with
a large attendance .but those
present had the pleasure of lis
tening to one of the best lec
tures ever delivered in Exeter.
A .very important business
change took place here last
week whereby Exeter and sur
rounding country will . be great
ly benefited. The saw mill
property oh’ Huron Street, own
ed by Mrs John Gould has been
purchased by the Sutherland
Innes Co., of Chatham. The
new’ proprietors purpose equip
ping .the mill with new, up-to-
date machinery and otherwise
improving the property to carry
on an extensive stave factory
Mr. Gun Wagner will be mana
ger.
Miss Ethel Sweet, who speni
the millinery season in Seaforth
has returned home.
15 YEARS AGO
(The Tmes-Advocate, 1933)
A truck belonging to the
Swift Canadian Company was
taking a load of poultry, eggs
and cream to the Stratford
plant from Exeter on Tuesday
evening and in making a turn
a mile and a quarter south of
Exeter skidded and upset in the
ditch. A number of live chick
ens were killed, a small quan
tity of cream spilled and num
erous eggs broken.
The entertainment given ir
the Exeter Opera House on
Thursday evening of last week
by local talent proved to be
one .of exceptional merit. Fol
lowing the first part of the pro
gram a mock trial was present
ed by the students of the Exe
ter High School. A girl’s chor
us from the high school undei
the direction of Miss Brown
gave two amusing numbers
Perhaps the outstanding num
ber was the reading of Franck
Abbott, who gave a dramatiza
tion of "The Signal Box” and;
his interpretation and expres
sion were exceptionally good.
A .sacred contata entitled
"The First Christmas” was
rendered by the choir undei
the leadership of Mr. W. R
Goulding in the James Street
Church on Sunday evening last
to a large and appreciative
audience. Assisting the choir
were Mr. Harry Hoffman, bass
soloist, of Dashwood, and Mr
G. M. Grant, violinist, of town
Dr. Moir, Messrs. J. Zuelfe
and J. Robinson, of Hensail
were in Exeter Wednesday eve
ning of last week playing ,r
checker tourney with Messrs. A
Brintnell, Jas. Sweet, and J. M
Southcott with the latter win
ning. ,
Members of the Exeter Bad
minton club motored to Bayfield
Tuesday’ evening and enjoyed a
tournament with. the Bayfield
players. The Bayfield .players
were the winners.
IO YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocate, 1938)
A new service station is to
be .erected in Exeter. Mr. Ross
Scott, distributor for Blue Sun
oco gas and oil has purchased
from Mr. Thos. Collingwood
the vacant lot on Main Street
He also purchased from Mr. J
W. Hern the lot south of the
Collingw’ood property.
In the neighborhood of a
thousand children were treated
to a theatre party and a bag of
candy in Exeter Saturday ol
last week. Mr. Thomas Pryde
acted as chairman.
About twenty members ol
the Exeter Badminton Club
motored to Goderich Thursday
evening of last week to plaj
the return tournament with the
Goderich players. The Goderich
players were the winners.
Mr. Jack Neil suffered a
nasty cut on his lip while work
ing on a car at T. Coates gar
age .on Monday.
On Saturday last Mr, A
Jones suffered the fracture oi
several ribs and injured his
chest when he fell while in
stalling a bath outfit in an Us
borne home.
The Exeter Concert Band un
der the direction of Mr. Ted
Walper gave a band concert
Sunday evening in Leavitt’?
Theatre, the proceeds from
which are being donated to the
Christmas Cheer Fund. The
theatre was filled and the
splendid musical program .was
much appreciated by the large
gathering.
The Exeter Concert Band
sponsored a dance in the Exe
ter Arena on Friday evening ol
last week the music for which
was provided by Stan Smith
and his newly organized orches
tra. This was their first publir
appearance and they were well
received.
Letter to the Editor
Toledo, Ohio,
December 17, 19 48
Exeter Times-Advocate,
My Dear Southcott:
This is sixty-one years I have
been a subscriber to your paper.
My old friends ate now sou-
journing on the Lake Road as
I no longer see the names of any
of them in your issues; but it is
my home town find occasionally
it appears in my dreams. I was
born in a log house two miles
and a half east from town.
Home of my youth, in its pri
mal art
Rests now in my memory alone.
The transit of Time saw the
loved ones depart.
The lights in it’s portals are
gone;
It’s walls of timbered maple and
oak,
Dismantled of bark, and of
branch.
The curling plumes of it's chim
ney smoke
r’ave on evening cheer to the
wintered ranch,
The dreams of my youth were
visioned there,
In that tranquil Temple of Love.
And the tender press of a
mother’s care,
As she counselled my every
move.
In memory’s world I can see
Her now
Moving about with a song.
And a radiant smile ’neath a
furrowed brow
In tones to the flute belong.
Within the sanctum of my heart
She sits On a (Regal Throne,
In the calm solitude of night
We two are alone.
Frank W. K. Tom
SMILES ....
Hubby went out with the iboys
one night -and before he realized
it, the morning of the next day
had dawned.
He hesitated to call home and
tell his wife, Finally he hit upon
an idea.
He ’phoned his wife and, "when
she answered, he shouted: *'I’m
back. Han’t pay the ranson!”
WHALEN
Don’t forget the Christmas
concert to be held at Elimville
Church on Wednesday evening.
Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Pinning, of
Clinton, visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walters.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brock
and family, of Zion, visited on
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs, Bev Morgan, of
Thames Road, spent Sunday
evening with Mr, and Mr». New
ton Clarke.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Gilfillan and
family visited on Sunday with
Mr, and Mrs. C, Horton, of
Lumley.
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. George Davis were Mr, and
Mrs, Lloyd Hern and Helen, of
Zion, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood
Brock and Mr. and Mrs, R, E.
Pooley, of Exeter,
Hearty congratulations are
being extended to Mr. and Mrs.
H. Bailey, the occasion being
the celebration of their Diamond
Wedding Anniversary on Dec
ember 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fletch
er spent Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. Murray Gibson of Denfjeld.
As on that Night, may
you now have a Joyous
Yuletide filled with
peace and contentment.
EXETER
DAIRY
Because it is an honoured custom and because
of the sincerity of our appreciation, we take
this opportunity to thank you for the support
and co-operation that you have given this store
during the past twelve months, and we wish
you all
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Snelgrove*s
A New Page
In Co-operative History
After 35 years of service to farmers and others,
Ontario's provincial co-operative has been reorgan
ized as a federation, officially owned and controlled
by over a hundred local' co-operatives with 40,000
member-families.
During the year ended September 30, 1948,
the Central attained a new record of volume at 38
million dollars and netted 350 thousand dollars of
earnings.
Locals will find their Central of increasing
value both in wholesaling and manufacturing Co-op
Brand farm supplies and consumer goods and as a
central marketing service for a number of major
farm products.
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