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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-12-30, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1948 * Cxeter CimegAllocate I Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 192-1 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 ol’ the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Zrureau \ Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (^mcuiATOto Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30th, 1947 - 2,214 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.30 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 0 Cents Each • PublishersJ. Melvin Southcott Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30 We Appreciate Them and Their Services Some members of the council of ’48 have decided not to serve in the village council of T9. As they go into private life, the citizens wish those men to know that their services have been noted mud appreciated. When six o'clock came during the year, for those men the day’s work was not anything like over. Many an evening these men have given gladly for what they regarded as the benefit of the village. Citizens have not al­ ways agreed with the form those services took but all of us are aware that the ser­ vices were offered in the best of faith. So the citizen,of the village wish the retiring members of the council and of other pub­ lic bodies to realize that their work and their efforts are valued; that their accom­ plishments and their good intentions are appreciated. The problems faced and the work done have cost our councilmen far more than the average citizen dreams of. What has been said of the council of Exe­ ter is said also of the councilmen and of­ ficers of the neighbouring townships. These men have given themselves liberally to du­ ties which, if not well done, would have meant a serious loss to our countryside. n* ❖ # # Very Fine In one of the large schools in a big city every room has its radio. At a certain hour in the day the radios are tuned in to one of the large choirs that devote the per­ iod to the singing of carols. All the doors to the rooms are opened and the children are invited to join in the carols. If one is disposed to pessimism or to entertain doubts as to the future of this good land he should visit that school in carol time. Teachers and pupils alike join in the chor­ uses, from the tiny tots to the sixteen-year- olds. All sing and sing with all their might and main. Every face grows brighter as the melodj' comes forth in a perfect outpouring of song. ❖ # # * What Do You Think of This? Word is abroad that a little school teacher of eighteen set out for her (School wearing heavy boots to protect herself from the snow and the Manitoba winter. When she got to her school it was fireless. She sought to kindle a fire for her little charges but had no matches. There was no­ thing for it but for the teacher to set out for the nearest farm house, a mile and a half away. The snow dragged off her heavy boots. When she reached the farm house she was shoeless and barefooted. Little ■wonder that she collapsed on the doorsteps. What do you think of all this ? What have you to say of the trustees of such a school? What about the school inspector? What about, the government of' the province and what is to be said of the ratepayers in such a section? We leave our readers to ponder upon what becomes of a community that grows careless about its schools and its churches and its children. $ Farewell, Also Hail! We bid farewell to 1948. appreciative of the sturdy work done in behalf of peace. The confederation of the nations of wes­ tern Europe closes one door on the dogs of war. The Atlantic pact closes still an­ other door, while the. Rio agreement closes still another door. Only the wickedness of men can open any one of those doors. Canada with her surplus has striven to enlarge her markets and has met with some sucess in her efforts. Our dominion is be. ing enlarged and enriched by entering into honourable confederation with Newfound­ land. All has not been easy sailing but we have surmounted many a stormy sea. The year 1949 * dawns with many a problem presenting itself? What about China? What about India? What about South Africa? What about those South American countries now so full of unrest? Only now is Canada beginning to really feel the terrible backwash of World War II. We are required to merchandise with a new fearlessness. Nothing short of voyages of discovery into the markets of the world will save the trade of Canada. Are we go­ ing to bring to this country hosts of immi­ grants under something like, false pretences only to dissappoint them and to disgruntle them ? In old Ontario we are driven to a new consideration of the problem of con­ serving and enriching the soil. The forest of old Ontario lias gone. Are we going to allow the fertility of our soil to follow in. the wake of the wanished forest? Arc we going to review our schools and universi­ ties with an aim of turning out inspired and inspiring citzens ? We must be done with childish days and take up the white man’s burden with new energy. It Was Looked For One of the parties to the United Na­ tions has been tugging at the bonds of the union to which they voluntarily became a parly. This altogether is to be expected. It reminds us of the story of the fox and the cat who set out for a quiet ramble. Both of them were in the mellow mood ensuing upon good feeding and sound digestion. Said the fox: “Is it not too bad that there are so many greedy and cruel animals in the world?’’ “'It surely is,’’ said the cat. “It is a shame the way some of them steal and mess things up. It all sould be stopped!’’ Just then, the noble pair passed a farm- t r’s yard where some fowl were having their pre-roosting meal. Quick as a wink reynard made a pullet his prize. “Why, the terrible creature!’’ exclaimed pussy. “That was downright mean.’’ Just then, she passed by where the farmer’s milk can was cooling. Again and again she dipped her barnyard smeared paw into the cream and licked her fill. “That was good cream,’’ she told her conscience; “a chance that was not to be missed.” As she went on her way she came upon a fine fish the farmer’s wife had for dinner next day and helped herself liberally, dirtying what she did not eat. When the worthy pair met next day they gave the explanation for their con­ duct : “When a fox spies a pullet or a cat spies cream, what are you to expect?” All of which is a parable that the world will do well to ponder when thinking of those fine treaties and high sounding agreements. Those Field Crop Competitions Why should not our township councils pay a little more attention to field crop competitions ? What is thought of in this connection is not only competitions for small areas but in fields of ten or fifteen or more acres. What is needed is not only supremacy in the crop itself but the story of the place the crop has in the farm rota­ tion along with the story of the method of cultivation, for it is highly important that the field should not be impoverished by over stimulation for the crop in the corape- tion but that it should be in the best of condition for the next crop. The sugar beet companies and the can­ ning factories should be invited to give the improvement of the soil and of cultivation generally encouraging attention. In the judging, while the farmer should be al­ lowed to choose a special part of the field for testing out, and the parties offering the prize another portion of the field, con­ sideration should be given to the condition of the entire field. In this connection some farmers are anxious that a prize should be given for the' farm over a term of five years shows the most general improvement. It will be noted that the farmers who would like to see this competition entered upon are not as keen for prizes to be awarded to the best farms, but to the farms showing the most improvement generally. It is suggest­ ed that the improvement scheme should in­ clude all the townships bordering on Exe­ ter. It is to be hoped that the township and village councils will give this matter a good deal of thought so that the terms of com­ petition may be announced early in the new year. sje sic s{< A Good Business Week Exeter merchants report an unusually fine business week for the holiday season. Weather conditions were unfavorable at critical periods. A disabling blackout oc­ curred on one of the evenings when every­ thing was promising to be the best business hour of all the week. However, candles were impressed into service. The staff re­ doubled its efforts, the customers proved good natured and considerate. The result was a wonderfully good evening’s business. Merchants are grateful to their staff and to their patrons for coming to their aid. It is just as well for the public to become re­ duced to simple ways of doing things. The resourcefulness shown by ‘the merchants and their friends illustrates what may be done in an emergency. We have not grown as soft as some would have us believe. • sji * a: It seems that elections in the Village of Exeter are as unpredictable as this De­ cember weather. Bishop tn The Louis Stat-lunes. 10 50 YEARS AGO (The Advocate, 1908) On Saturday evening last, an accident occurred at the Misses Gould Confectionery Store which threatened the destruction of the (building. They had set a small toy steam engine running in the window when all of a sudden the boiler exploded and the smal spirit lamp used there­ in set fire to a quantity of wad­ ding used to dress the window. The fire spread rapidly, doing­ considerable damage to the sur­ roundings and it was with much difficulty it was extinguished. Nomiations for a reeve and councillors took place in the Town Hall on Monday night ldst. A large number’ of interest­ ed ratepayers were present. The following will be in the field for election: Reeve—W. G. Bis sett and H. Spackman; council­ lors—I. Armstrong, J. Evans, J. W. Taylor and John Muir, Sr.; school trustees—R. N. Rowe, D. Spicer, Joseph Senior and Wil­ liam Trevethick. On Wednesday night of last week the play entitled “The So­ cial Glass” or “Victims of the Bottle” was put on 'by the Gar­ rick Club in behalf of the poor and was largely patronized. The club is purely local talent and all did their parts exceptionally well. My. John Mallet, Jr., left on Tuesday for -St. Paul, Minn., he has secured a position as bar­ tender. 1 Monday last was nomination in Stephen Township. Henry Eit­ her, the reeve, resigned. John Sherritt was elected reeve by acclamation. The following are candidates for councillors: Ri­ chard Hicks, William Anderson, Frederick Wuerth, William Year- ley, John Ratz, Henry Willett and Samuel Sweitzer. 15 YEARS AGO (Tiiues-Advocate 1933) The Exeter skating rink was opened for the first time this season on Saturday night and was well patronized; The ten-pound 'Christmas cake given as a prize by Grant’s Bak­ ery was won by E. Lindenfield. One of the finest musical pro­ grams ever heard in Exeter was put on Wednesday evening of last _ week in the Main Street United Church by the Carolina Jubilee Singers, a company of six coloured artists. There was a splendid attendance and all were highly delighted with the program which -consisted of spir­ ituals, jubilee numbers, planta­ tion and classical songs, mono­ logues and readings. Usborne Council has been re­ el e c t e d by acclamation. The members are: Reeve, James Bal- Ian tyne; councillors, George R. Westcott, Peter Moir, Reuben Shier and Percy Passmore. In Stephen Township there will be an election. The candi­ dates are: Reeve—Henry Beaver and William Sweitzer; council­ lors—Roy Holt, Edward 'Lam­ port, Alonzo McCann, Roy Ratz, Edmund Shapton. Chester Ma- whinney was elected Deputy- Reeve by acclamation. There was an especially large crowd at the James Street Unit­ ed Church on Sunday evening to witness the beautiful and colour­ ful “Pageant of Bethlehem”, presented by. the young people of the church. On Wednesday, Miss Hazel Smith opened her Beauty Shop in the building opposite the Cen­ tral Hotel on the second floor over Miss V. G. Essery's millin­ ery store. IO YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate, 1938) Mr. W. D. Sanders will again grace the reeve’s chair for the Village ,of Exeter for the coming year, having been elected by acclamation. Mr. J. W. Hern will replace Mr. F. A. May on the council. The other members of the council are E. M. Dignan, H. O. Southcott'and B. W. Tuc- key, all elected by acclamation. Nominations for Usborne were held Friday of last week and the old council was returned 'by acclamation as follows: Reeve— P. Passmore; councillors—-Hugh Berry, pruce Cooper, John Hod- ert and Clark Fisher. One of the heaviest Christmas storms in years struck Western Ontario Monday afternoon while Christmas festivities were being celebrated and continued unabat­ ed all day Tuesday. .... During the severe storm Tues­ day afternoon, the fire alarm sounded and the local ‘brigade had a run to the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kestle, Station Street, where a chimney had taken fire, but was soon brought under control. Varied Christmas musical numbers were rendered by the choir at the Sunday evening ser­ vice in James Street ■ United Church with Mr. W. R .Gould- ing in charge. The Christmas shoppers in Exeter on Saturday afternoon, -as well as the business people of town, were entertained Saturday afternoon when members bf the Exeter Band,paraded the streets playing carols. Another Christmas .... Another Christmas season has come and gone. General opinion seeing to have been that the day was a complete success. The weather, though cold, was 'beau­ tiful and the sun was bright and the snow was a glistening white, making the ideal “White Christ­ mas”, without enough snow to stoj) traffic or fill up roads. As usual, there have been ar­ ticles in the papers and maga­ zines deploring the fact that “Christmas has lost its religious significance”. We doubt if there is much difference in recent years.1 it’s true that many Pro­ testant denominations do not hold any church services on Christmas Day, though they do stress the subject on the Sun­ days before Christmas. One thing becomes more apparent-— each year finds more Christmas cards on the radio. That is a help. Christmas is the great home­ coming day of the year. That means heavy -traffic and travel­ ling conditions that are likely to, be none too comfortable. But It also means joyful reunions and pleasant times together, as well as large meals and gifts. Canadian stores seem to have reaped a harvest this year. Many things, including fancier toys, which have not been available in recent years, were on the counters again. These were more expensive than they used to be but they sold anyway. ‘For six or seven years, children have been deprived of the wonderful toys that were invented between the wars. Now they are coming back again—electric trains, mec­ cano sets, new types of dolls— to mention only a few. It’s true that various aspects of Christmas may ibe 'open fo criticism, but these are minor things—too much commercializa­ tion, drinking and car accidents, extravagances, and the like. But Christmas remains a goodly time—-a day that brigh­ tens up the mid-winter, a time of year devoted to the children, a period of home-coming, and a time of religious awakening and of delightful music. —A. L. S. (contributed) (Experimental yarms Nows) During the past two years the publicity given to 2, 4-D as a weed killer lias 'been tremen­ dous. Many of the claims are well founded, for excellent re­ sults have been obtained. How­ ever, 2, 4-D is rather specific in its reaction. Not all weeds are affected by it and certain crops may 'be seriously injured. * Corn growers are particularly interested in 2, 4-D as a poss­ ible means of eliminating culti­ vations. For the past two years experiments have been conduct­ ed at the Dominion Experimen­ tal Station, Harrow, for just this purpose, says G. F. H. Buckley. The effect of 2, 4-D on both the corn crop and the weed growth was studied. ’ The corn crop was sprayed when the plants were from eight to twelve inches in height. When the clffemical, irrespective of the formulation, was sprayed on to the corn plants in amounts less than one-half pound of 2, 4-D acid per acre there was little or no injury to the corn. Rates of one-l^alf to one pound caused some 'bending of the corn stalks but the injury was only tem­ porary. In most cases the plants recovered and gave yields as good as those from the un­ sprayed plots. When the rate of application exceeded one pound per acre the injury was greater and more or less permanent. Yields were reduced consider­ ably. It would therefore appear that the corn crop is tolerant to 2, 4-D at the lower rates of ap­ plication, preferably about one- half -pound per acre. Applica­ tions of a pound or over are to be avoided. The corn crop was planted on sandy loam soil. During the ear­ ly season broadleaf weeds, such as lanrbsquarters and redroot pigweed predominated. These weeds were mostly eliminated by the 2, 4-D spray when applied HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOR DEAD STOCK HORSES each $5,00 CATTLE each $5.00 HOGS per cwt, $1.50 According to size and condition. collect Exeter 235 Seaforth 15 DARLING & CO. OF CANADA DTD. at the rate of A pound of acid per acre. However, as the sea­ son advanced, the annual grasses , wild millets and crab grass, appeared in 'abundance. These grasses are very prevalent during the summer on the ligh­ ter or sandy soils. Finally the corn land was completely covered with grass, which was not only ! unsightly 'but reduced the yield I of corn when compared with the plots that had been keptx clean by cultivation. The experi­ ment demonstrated clearly that on soils which are jiaturally in­ fested with annual grasses dur­ ing the summer the cultivation of the corn crop cannot be re­ placed by spraying with 2, 4-D. Where grass growth is not a major factor .the results may be entirely different. A housewife asked the grocery boy his name. “Clark Gable,” was the amaz­ ing reply. “That’s a pretty well-known name, isn’t it?” the woman asked. “It ought to be,” the boy agreed. “I’ve been delivering gro­ ceries in this neighbourhood for three years.” New Yeai^s • Greetings To our many customers and friends we send this message of our thanks and’appreciation, for the many happy associations of the past year, and pledge a .continuance of courtesy and ser­ vice for the New Year. South End Service RUSS AND CHUCK SNELL Exeter Phone 328 -..................... g Sell with Confidence Highest Prices Paid for Live Poultry of All Kinds Weigh on the farmer’s scales at his door. , Phone Kintore 17r9 Collect Riverside Poultry Co. Howard Ferguson, Manager THAMESFORD ONTARIO Phone Kintore 17r9 .or Hensail 80r2 3% Issued for any amount.... for a term of five years.... guaranteed both as to principal and interest.... 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