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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-05-25, Page 2Fage 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1950 ®I)e Cxeter ©tmea Established 1873 Aimlgamated November 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Independent Newspaper Devoted te the Interests bf the Village of Exeter and District Authorised 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, 1948 — 2,276 SUBSCRIPTION RATES « Canada, in advance, $3.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 <• Single Copies 6 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott - Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING,* MAY 25, 1950 The Strain By this time we hope that the Red River flood danger will, have passed. We cannot look for a sudden subsiding of the flood but we do earnestly hope that the immediate danger to life and property will be well under control. The strain involved in the disaster will not pass for many a day. We do not forget the energy and the hopefulness that have hitherto so characterized Canadians that they have faced and accomplished tasks that have won for them the admiration of the world, May these characteristics tri­ umph now 1 What will not pass is the in- calcuable strain placed upon not only Win­ nipeg and Manitoba but upon Canada. Such a disaster as the Red River flood reaches to every city and town and village in. the dominion. Nearly every home in Canada is dir­ ectly interested in these calamitous circum­ stances. But Manitoba and Winnipeg must bear the major portion of the loss. Farmers have had every building swept away. Vill­ age concerns simply are no more. Men have lost their homes and their jobs. Tens of thousands who have toiled till middle life is well past have seen their accumulated savings and their holdings swept away by the swirling waters. Churches and schools are no more. Roads are utterly ruined. Those who stood behind farmers and busi­ ness men financially see their securities wiped out. Money borrowed and loaned in good faith seems, in many cases, to be gone beyond all hope of recovery. The strain on financial institutions is terrific. The finan­ cial burden is away beyond being borne by individuals. There is every call for individ­ ual effort to help oui‘ Canadian fellow­ citizens, but aid to prevail must be offered on a national scale. Then we cannot forget the stress on Quebec where Ramouski has suffered appallingly from the ravages of fire. Canada has now to face trying days in which only united and unstinting effort will win the day. , Restraint Needed Some time ago some one in a high place gave out the word that eggs should be hard-boiled to prevent the spread of polio. The warning was useless. Polio is not spread through using eggs as human food. The warning did no good but it did a whole lot of harm by diminishing the sale of eggs. Polio was not hit but the farmers were, Further. not so long ago, some busy people published word that a coloured brother had discovered a dead sure cure for Glaucoma, a terrible afflic­ tion of the human eye. Inquiry proved that no such cure had been discovered. The news of the cure had done no good but it had been the means of cruel disappoint­ ment to no end of sufferers. Just now we are reminded of the work done by the landsharks in the Red River Valley. Land was sold to people for farm­ ing purposes that never should have been marketed. Surely there is some way to re­ strain those people who play fast and loose with the public. The majority of people are anxious to do a little better than they are doing at present. This desire is the rogue’s opportunity. Despite all the skill and research of our scientists, man­ kind still suffers from many an ill from which it is eager to be free. His necessity is the time for the charlatan and the quack to get in their miserable work. In an incredibly short time all manner of talk will be. abroad about the advantages of farm land in Manitoba. The older peo­ ple have heard all that sort of thing be­ fore. For some unhappy reason our nerves are on edge. Fears are in the way. Wv seem to have lost to a very considerable extent our powers of weighing and con­ sidering. We need to listen to the voice of experience as well as to have an eye on the future. It must be remembered that no -dnt* has seen the future. s]s i? $ Do” Apprentices are rare, in this country. Plenty of men are abroad as journeymen. The trouble with these men is that they cannot do a journeyman’s work. They have looked on at a journeyman as lie worked and have done some odd jobs but they never learned the trade. We know a farm­ er’s son in this class. He had concluded that the blacksmith charged too much for the shoeing and set about doing his own work. The result was a very lame horse. Still another set up a blacksmith shop. He nndertook to do some corrective work in shoeing. The result was a dead mare that had cost $200. In neither case had the men learned the trade. ‘'How is your apprentice doing?” the head of a shop was asked. “All right so far,” was the answer. “He does not stand ’round. He does what he’s told and likes it, If he can talk he doesn’t show it. The work is hard. He stands tell­ ing. If he holds on this way he’ll have a steady job right here.” ’# * * * Lessening Their Effectiveness Until the European situation is cleared ,up the democratic nations cannot be at their best. Till reasonable assurance of peace is in every democratic heart, business must limp where it should leap. Yet the present way of transacting affairs is doing this very thing. Anyone looking at the business practice of the hour sees tens of thousands of more or less private interests drawing off the national power. One city desires a harbour improvement. A district insists upon special aid for a road. Firms seek directly, but more often indirectly, to secure one tariff advantage or another. This school or university has its pouch open for government aid. All this sort of thing would be first rate were the question of national security even approximately near settlement. Let it be clearly seen that democracy’s enemies know with surprising accuracy and detail how well we are pre­ pared for the tiger spring of any enemy. Democracy’s enemies know the suddenness of the blow struck at Pearl Harbour. As the representatives of the United States and’ Britain and France met to consider how the peace of the world could be in­ sured the enemies of demoncracv counted the resources of these well meaning men and gave heed to their deliberations in pro­ portion to the resources behind the plan­ ners. What the democratic nations require is a forceful government in each of the countries who will put security measures first. Security is the first concern and any­ one who drains away the energy for insur­ ing peace and security is an enemy of the race. Private business is swept away in the presence of modern war like straws on the Red River Valley flood. Yet both peace and security have vanished as suddenly as came the Red River flood. To expend national energies on matters of secondary value is an open armed invitation to ruin. The United Nations and all other agencies for peace are making their present slow progress because’ the people steadily drain off the strength requisite for giving the re­ presentatives of demoncracv a commanding voice in the councils of the nations. ij; 5jt # Fidelity Not soon will Canadians forget the pathetic but wonderful picture from the scene of the Red River flood. This picture sets forth two tots who had found a place of safety among the dirty icy swirling waters. The little folk were accompanied by their dog who was busy licking their faces, in this way administering the best comfort and assurance of which he was capable. This little four-footed friend de­ serves a place in history along with Jack’s dog, “Bandy”, or with the faithful dog that ministered till his last breath was gone, to his master who had perished in Helvellyn. Every boy has the right to two benefactors—his dog and his granddad. * * * # Worth Seeing Two inspiring sights greeted the con­ gregation assembled in James Street United Church last Sunday morning. The first was the spacious choir loft filled to the last seat with male singers. The second was the church’s reaching out her hand toward seventeen children who on that occasion received the rite of baptism. It was a joy­ ous day but it had its touch of sadness, for flowers were on the altar that told of the sorrow that had recently bereft the homes of two of the members. Youth, middle life and old age all were represented to feel the hush that comes from remembering mother who is no longer with us but who rules and cheers us from her urn.sp # # Let’s Do Our Bit The hopeless plight of thousands of homeless people in the Red River area is a serious concern of all Canadians. All over the Dominion organisations and individuals are answering the call for help by donat­ ing generously' to the Manitoba Flood Re­ lief Fund. Let’s do our bit. Contributions will be accepted at The Times-Advocate office and transferred to the main fund. *HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER'BE OVERDONE As the- “TIMES* Go By 50 YEARS AGO For the Races on the 24th, the new and correct styles in men’s stiff Fedora and straw hats. Prices in your favor at Stewart’s. Messrs. L. H. Dickson and T. W. Hawkshaw were in London Tuesday endeavoring to arrange for a special train service for May 24 but did not succeed. Dr. Follick wheeled from St. Marys Saturday night and spent Sunday with, his parents here. Hugh Prescott Ross, son of Mr. D. A. Ross of the firm of •Ross & Taylor, who has been studying medicine at the Toronto University, passed his final ex­ aminations last week with honors and is now entitled .to write M.D. after his name. The new hotel called the Queen’s was opened up here on the tenth with first class -ac commodation.—St. Joseph’s 25 YEARS AGO Rev. W. E. Donnelly, of James Street Church, has been trans­ ferred to Wingham. Rev. J. H. Johnston, of Essex, will succeed him. Exeter District Methodist As­ sociation strongly opposed Prem­ ier Ferguson's new law allowing 4.4 percent beer. The meeting said "the Premier deliberately repudiated the fundamental prin­ ciple of the British Empire of majority rights—by lightly ig­ noring the fact that 33,000 of a majority stood for the continu­ ance of the O.T.A.” Palmer’s new grovery and con­ fectionery, Hensail, opened for business on May 2»0. FOR AUTHORIZED cood/Vear SALES AND SERVICE SOUTH END SERVICE RUSS & CHUCK SNELL—PHONE: 328-W MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON good/Vear TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER KIND 15 YEARS AGO The by-law for putting down new cement sidewalks through the business section of Exeter was passed at the council meet­ ing Monday evening. Mr. Laverne Wells was the winner of t he congoleum rug given away Saturday by Jones &' May. At Southcott Bros, the winner of the rug was Miss Mary Chambers of Crediton. Mrs. Fred Sharpe of Shipka moved her household effects on Tuesday to her new home in Exeter. The bibical drama "The Trag­ edy of Judas Iscariot” written and directed by the Rev. J. R. Peters of Elimville was presented in the theatre in Exeter Sunday evening. The building was filled, to capacity. IO YEARS AGO France, Belgium and the Brit­ ish Empire are now facing the greatest crisis in their history. The Allies are fighting with their backs to the English Chan­ nel as the .Germans push their way to the coast. The battle rag­ ing for the past week is beyond description, The municipal council have de­ cided to put down a permanent road on Huron Street from the eastern to western limits, a dis­ tance of a mile and a quarter. Grading t he road has already ■commenced. Mrs. George Layton addressed the Lion’s Club at their supper meeting in the Hotel Bossen- berry, telling some of the high­ lights enjoyed during their win­ ter stay in Orlando, Florida. ® e ® 1/ the people who work for the telephone company, And all the people who earn a living by making the things the telephone company needs, And all the people who have their savings invested in the telephone company, And all the people who depend on good telephone service to run their businesses and manage their homes} If all these people, with their families, lived in one city, This City-With-No-Name would be by far the largest in Canada, and one of the largest in the world. Keeping pace with the growing needs of communitie* everywhere for more and better telephone service ha* taken lot* of work and lot* of money. Only a financially healthy telephone company can carry on thi* big job. Telephone user*, employees, shareholder* — everyone has a vital intereit in a service that mean* so much to the welfare of so many people. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA Find Peace In Centralia Home Peace has at last come to Mrs. Elizabeth Klein and her 15- year-old son Gerhard who have just arrived at Centralia from bomb-scarred Durlach Germany, to make a new home with Mrs. Klein’s cousin, Fred Werner. The barriers of Nazi oppression and allied red-tape have been broken for one small peace-seek­ ing family. The final realization of a dream born in the goose-step­ ping pre-war days of Germany came to Mrs. Klein when she stepped off the S.S. Beaner Brey to set foot on Canadian soil—a heaven on earth to many of Europe’s destitutes. Gerhard, or Gerry as he is al­ ready known to his new-found friends, can hardly wait until school opens in September so that lie can prepare himself to become a Canadian citizen. His schooling was interrupted in Ger­ many by the desire to keep him­ self and his mother alive—be­ fore he left Germany lie was working as a clerk in a Durlach radio’ factory. To Mr. Werner, who operates a chicken hatchery and shop in Centralia, this was a meeting of long parted relations. He had not seen his cousin, Mrs. Klein, for twenty-five years. On Sunday, the family present­ ed her with gifts and flowers, and felicitations were extended by her friends and neighbors. Mrs. Horner is the only mem­ ber of a family of 10, who has reached the mid-century. She re­ calls and relates many interest­ ing tales of pioneer days around Zurich. She -fractured her other hip in February of last year and since then has made her home with Mrs. Krueger. During the past winter she was able to walk about and enjoy herself knitting, sewing carpet bags and hooking rugs. Owned and operated by Canadian* for Canadian! Hay Lady Celeblrates Ninetieth Birthday One of the oldest citizens of Hay Township, Mrs. J. W, Hor­ ner, celebrated her ninetieth birthday on Sunday at the home of her d a u g h t e r, Mrs. E. G- Krueger, Zurich. Unfortunately, Mrs. Horner slipped and fell the next morn­ ing and broke her hip, She is in Clinton Hospital. Shipka Church To Aid Western Flood Victims Next Sunday, a special offer­ ing will be taken in the United Church Sunday School, Shipka, for the relief of those who are in the flood area at Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. McKinlay, of Winnipeg, who were in the flood area, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Love. The June meeting of the W.A. will be at th# home of Mrs. Rev. Currie at Crediton Thurs­ day evening June 1. Mr. William Baumgarten from Port La Prairie, Man., is visiting at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Chris Baumgarten and other re­ latives. Mr. and Mrs. Colin Keyes of Royal Oak, Mich., Mrs. Grover Keyes and Bernice and Sherry Keyes of Detroit, Mich., were Sunday visitors with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Comfort, Misses Elsie and Helen Comfort spent the week-end at the home of Messrs. Milton and Stuart Sweit­ zer. Members of the Parkhill Lions Club collected twenty tons of paper in a one-day paper drive. They expect to realize $180, to be turned over to the Parkhill Community Centre. What you heeiI ars ditchas I Why run an obstacle course every spring and aftet every rain storm? Through a farm Improvement Loan from the BofM you can finance the making of ditches, drainage sys­ tems, dyking, as well as many other farm Improvements. If you need ready cash to do the job, a farm Improvement Loan may be the answer. Drop in and talk over the details with our nearest B of M manager, DA MU'Remember, if your proposition is ml Dili ill sound, there’s money for you at the Bank of Montreal, IV rot riilieif auuomn Bank or Montreal Exeter Branch: C. E. SHAW, Manager Crediton Branch: CHARLES PARKINSON, Manager (Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) Dashwood (Sub-Agency): Open Mon., Wed. St FrL Hensail Branch: JOHN IRVIN, Manager Working with Canadians in every walk of life since i817