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THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1950
“Sick Or Seventy”
Old-timers familiar with the church
discussions on the funds designed for the
relief of ministers will recall the old stan
dard of receiving relief, “sick or seventy”.
There is no occasion to go into the rami
fications of those, bygone days. Still, we
must recognize that these statesmen of the
elder day were quite clear that the average
man should be doing a good day’s work till
he was seventy years of age. A man should
be at his best at sixty-five. What he lacked
in brawn he should make up in experience
and brains. Hence the reasonableness of
the suggestion that in the proposed old-age
pension scheme, those under seventy should
contribute to the scheme. .Those at present
over seventy have passed the time when
they may be regarded as productive mem
bers of society. They are in the shadows
of that night when no man can work. There
is no doubt in the world but that there are
thousands of people past seventy who are
not getting' the food they require but who
would be able to get that food were they
helped out by the modest pension they have
so honestly earned. Age and want are an
ill matched pair. A close second to this ill
matched pair are the old who are scrimp
ing along in threadbare, half starved gen
tility. It is to be hoped that those good folk
who are gravely discussing about how
many angels can dance on the point of a
needle as far as this pension scheme is
concerned will remember that there are a
number of old people who have done their
day’s work and who now are in a mighty
tight corner.
* * * *
It Isn’t Holding Out
The British government medical sys
tem is not working in the interest of the
British Commonwealth. It was hoped that
the system of free medical attendance to
gether with a cash allowance for a period
of convalescence would mean better health
for the workers in Britain and a higher
morale generally. It was hoped that there
would be less time lost through illness if
free medical attendance were provided.
The best information we can get on the
subject points the other way. Illness among
men workers has increased eight per cent.
Illness among young women workers has
increased thirty-two per cent. Illness among
older women has increased forty-one per
cent. It has been found that doctors’ offices
are overcrowded with patients who come
to them with very minor ills that they or
dinarily would not have treated medically.
Doctors are overrun with resulting poor
medical diagnosis and inferior treatment of
patients who properly need thejr care.
Enrther, it has been found that the cash
allowance for a period of convalescence
has resulted in workers staying at home
when they are well able to work. Many
see this means a lessening of work and a
lowering of morale among the workers.
The spoon-feeding means slackened effort.
The right sort of British doctor does not
like the system. The measure that was
meant to help the worker has turned out
to, be a hindrance to the more shiftless
sort. It is feared that the whole welfare
movement was driven forward by an effort
to bribe the working people with their own
money. People on this side of the Atlantic
need to keep their eyes open. The thin
edge of the wedge is greatly to be feared.
The alleged “uplifter” in any walk of life
needs careful scrutiny.
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Will It Work?
It is proposed that six nations in west
ern Europe (not including Great Britain)
should pool their steel and coal industries.
Will such a pooling result in the good of
western civilization ? Evidently Britain is
not satisfied on this point and wisely holds
aloof till she sees her way through. John
Bull does not like crawling into a hollow
log with but one open end, particularly
when a bear may return to claim the hol
low log for his home, John realizes that
his business welfare is largely dependent
upon steel and coal. Without these indust
ries under his control he sees a decline in
his present hard-won prosperity. He knows
the. skill of Germany in the use of steel
and-coal. He has come up the hard way in
gaining this experience. He knows some
thing of the plodding industry of .the
Netherlands and of the way France has of
adapting herself to new circumstances.
From a business point of view, John Bull
is not to be blamed if he holds aloof from
the proposed pooling plan till he knows
what he can do under new circumstances.
Moreover, John sees those marching tens
of thousands of young Germans in some
thing that looks mighty like military for
mations. He saw this sort of thing in days
immediately preceeding the preeminence of
Hitler, Those marching processions of the
bad old days bear a strange, disquieting
resemblence to what is going forward in
Germany these hours. Little wonder that
John holds aloof from this coal' and Steel
amalgamation till he knows how the cat is
jumping. John knows, too, something of
the volatile nature of the French, who may
unite with Britain-. today, with Spain to
morrow, oi’ with Russia the next month.
Then, Belgium is an unpromising country.
She left the allies in the last war. She may
be up to her old tricks should another
crisis arise. John and Uncle Sam make an
airish sort of combination. Both are John
Tamson’s bairs and will do well' to keep
on agreeing.
* * * *
Well Done, Shor tie!
Shortie was a sufferer from the Winni
peg flood disaster. His duty was to keep
an important greenhouse free from rates
and mice and kindred vermin. He kept on
his job day and night and never struck for
higher wages or shorter hours. He simply
kept on waging war on vermin. Well, the
waters came into his green house, and
threatened to wet his feet. Accordingly,
Shortie hopped onto a box. The waters
rose and Shortie hopped to a higher box.
Finally he found himself on a box twelve
feet high, though he had to swim for safe
ty. At last the waters subsided and Shortie
was rescued, though his weight had shrunk
from fourteen pounds to five. He was hun
gry and for the first day after his rescue
lie ate very little. Afterwards he partook
heartily of some lher meat. As far as our
special newsgathering’ service informs us
Shortie is in fair health and eager to pro
tect his owner’s property from all in
truders.
* * * *
Another Storm Centre
Germany is the international storm
centre of the western world. China is the
storm centre of the eastern world. Till the
China situation is cleared up anything inter
national may take place. The collapse of
China has been a great sorrow of the
world. That enormous nation plodded along
till the ferment of communistic ideals shook
her to her downfall. The Chinese are an
honest minded folk politically speaking.
She appears to believe that whatever is, is
best in the form of government. That is to
say the great body of the people are thus
minded. But there is another class who de
light in subtilties of all sorts and who are
never happy unless they are dwelling on
some ideal of a happy hunting ground
where toil is unknown, but who neverthe
less are willing to make a venture. To this
class the Communists made a singularly
strong appeal, for the Communists are
spinners of strange ideals and ideas. On
the other hand the great majority of Chin
ese are desparately poor. Tlfey are utterly
underfed and tniseraby clad and sheltered,
though they seem to have a sort of dili
gence and a way of getting things done
that is a bewilderment to the rest of the
world. They are hungry and starving and
see no prospect of bettering their condition.
At least they saw no way out of their di
lemma till the Communists arrived with
their* promises of plenty to eat and plenty
to wear and abundance of shelter. China,
was no match for the Communists who
divided the Chinese ranks hopelessly and
lead the unfortunates into a civil war.
China man killed China man till the land
ran red with fratricidal blood. Along with
this political strife went natural disaster of
incalculable proportions. Rivers left the
beds. Storms ravaged the Chinese coasts.
Further, popular ignorance prevailed every
where. At last Chiba went under and, what
is worse still, she is likely to take other
nations with her. Living at this distance
from her coast, Westerners little realize
what the fall of China is likely to mean to
the whole world but her fall already is
taking toll of civilization.
* * * *
Co-Operation Progress
Stephen Council took a progressive
step In giving its ratepayers better protec
tion when it passed a motion last week
that any fire brigade called into the town
ship for service would be guaranteed pay-
' meat.
MAY BE A BAY
/aft/
We've all had that uneasy feeling about
our valuables being destroyed . . . we're
all prone to put off doing anything about
it until tomorrow. BUT TOMORROW
MAY BE A DAY TOO LATE. Why
wait when a BofM Safety Deposit Box
can be obtained so easily at such low cost?
Put all your bonds and valuables in a
Safety Deposit Box at your nearest B of M
branch today. They’ll not only
be safe from fire, but from theft
and loss, too. The cost? . , .
less than two cents a day.
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« TIMES” Go By
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Exeter Branch: C. E, SHAW, Manager
Dashwood (Sub-Agency): Open Mon., Wed. &* Fri.
50 YEARS AGO
The Misses Huston gave a
wheeling .party to Hensall Mun
day evening.
Mr. L. H. Dickson of the firm
of Dickson and Carling purposes
leaving here for Cardiff, Wales,
on the 20ith on a commission to
take evidence in the case of Zin-
hann vs. Bobier.
The following is a correct re
port of the public school for the
month of May:
-Class A—H e r b e r t Gregory,
Russell Frayne, Laura Jeckell,
Edna McCallum, Lulu Dempsey,
Eddie Hooper, Frank Ross.
Class B — 'Cora McPherson,
Carrie Dyer, Evelyn Gill, Willie
Muir,Wiley Millyard, Harry Hus
ton, ‘Melville Howey.
Sr. IV—-Winnie Carling, Ruby
Davidson, Millie Martin, Winnie
Howard, Ruth Collins, Dolly
Dickson.
Jr. IV-—Alvin Brintnell, Mary
Parsons, Louise Carling, Orville
Southcott, Harold Collins, May
Snell._L_—.
h 25 YEARS AGO
Messrs. W. E. Sanders, G. E.
Anderson, W. W. Taman and R.
N. Creech of the Exeter Bowling
Club won second prize, carving
sets, at the Blyth Bowling Tourn
ament.
Rev. Edward Sheppard will
succeed Rev. W. E. Donnelly as
pastor of James Street United
Church.
Four thousand dollars is left
to the parish priest at the Ro
man Catholic church at Mount
Carmel by the terms of the will
of Norman Farrell, Biddulpli
township farmer.
Mr. Colin Hudson, Hensall, has
a white leghorn hen that laid an
egg six inches round and eight
inches long.
The members of Lebanon Fo
rest Lodge, A.F. & A.M. together
with a number of visiting breth
ren from Clinton, Hensall and
County Council Tackles
Equal Assessments
Huron County c o u it c i 1 will
grapple with the problem of
assessment equalisation when it
sits next week for the June
session.
Assessments throughout the
country come up for their an
nual ten-year review. The big
problem is to set a basis upon
which the new figures will be
determined so that every* muni
cipality is assessed with equal
weight.
Warden Cecil Johnston and
the Equalization Committee have
been touring the country com
paring lands and buildings in
the area. They will present their
report next week.
Reeves A. J. Sweitzer, Exeter,
and Wellington Brock, Usborne,
are members of the committee.
The council will also be asked
to ratify the contract tor the
addition to the Registry Office
in Goderich.
Lucan attended Divine Worship
in James Street United Church
on Sunday evening.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. Hugh J. Creech of town
is to be congratulated on secur
ing his Master of Arts degree in
chemistry at Western University.
Miss Kathleen Wiseman has
secured her B.A. degree in Ro
mance languages. Mr. Harry Jen
nings has secured his B.A. de
gree with second class honors.
Mr. Eugene Tieman of Dashwood
has graduated from Western with
the degree of Doctor of 'Medicine.
The newly organized bowling
club has put the greens in fair
shape for bowling. Lights have
this week been installed.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Martin
were in Hamilton Wednesday at
tending the graduation of their
daughter, Miss Margaret Martin,
who is graduating as a nurse
from Hamilton General Hospital.
New Ministerial
Posts Announced
At the London conference of
the United Church of Canada
meeting in London last week
there were 44 ministerial changes
in the nine presbyteries. Follow
ing are the changes in Huron
County: Auburn — Rev. C. C.
Washington, B.A., B.D.; Bluevale
—Rev. R. A, Brook, B.Th.; Cen
tralia S. — Rev. G. G. Button,
M.A., B.D.; Goderich, Victoria
St.—Rev. D. W. Williams, B.A.;
Hensall — settlement pending;
Holmesville-. Rev. M. G. New
ton; MoKiUop—Rev. H. E. Liv*
Hensall Branch:JOHN IRVIN, Manager
WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817
SOOftR
Doctor: “How's the patient in
Room 205 who swallowed the
half dollar?”
Nurse: “No change yet, sir.”
“I didn’t see you in church
last Sunday.”
“I know you didn't. I took up
the collection.”
1O YEARS AGO
Honoring Miss Lorraine Arm
strong, Miss Hazel Snell held a
miscellaneous shower at the
home of her mother, Mrs. J. C.
Snell, Tuesday evening.
A number of relatives com
pletely surprised Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Westcott Monday eve
ning last on their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary.
In response to an urgent call,
two hundred blankets were pack
ed by the Red Cross Executive
on Friday last—132 were brand
new ones and 68 “as good as
new.”
A letter from Rev. Harry Jen
nings of Holy Trinity Mission,
Fort Norman, N.W.T., dated May
2'2, 1940, reads in part, “I am
leaving Fort Norman this week.
I am flying from here to Fort
Simpson where I shall be reviv
ing till August and expect to be
home soon after that”.
ingstone; Nile-Benmiller — Rev.
Jos, narrower; St, Helens—Rev.
S. E. Hayward.
Rev. Gordon C. Weir, of Cen
tralia, goes to Millbank. Rev. L.
C. Harvey, M.A., B.D., has been
stationed at .Brownsville. Rev. R,
B. Cummings, B.A., B.D., Lucan,
has been stationed at Brigdeu.
Rev. S. Davidson has been sta
tioned at Rarkhiil and Lieury.
Rev. John R. Peters, of Mc-
KUlop is retiring owing to ill
health. For the past several
months Rev. C. W. Down has
been supplying the Winthrop
circuit.
Rev. Harold J. Snell, Exeter,
and Rev. R. B. Cumming, Lucan,
were .elected commissioners to
the General Council. Rev. E. R.
Stanway, of Brucefield was elect
ed to one of the committee of
General Council.
paid off for the Browns
The Voice
Of Temperance ... *
In Ontario, beverage rooms
are allowed to remain open till
2 a.m. What, possible sensible
reason can be given for such a
late closing hour? The scandal of
it is that the later the closing
hour the more advanced the state
of intoxication of the beverage
room crowd. In England the pubs
are open only for four hour per
iods and then they are closed tor
two hour periods, and at 10:30
pan., they are closed for the day.
These shorter hours set some
limit to the degree of drunken
ness that beverage room drinking
can produce, The Huron Tempe
rance Federation protests against
Ontario’s late closing hour be
cause it gives too much time for
•over indulgence with its conse
quent'drunkenness and degrada-
: tion.
The neighbors remember how sick young
Bonny was a few months ago, and how
worried the Browns were. But they never
guessed what a serious drain his illness had
been on the family purse.
Wisely, the Browns had made it a rule to
put something into their savings account*
week by week, almost from the day they
were married. So when they consulted their
bank manager* their credit was good. With
the help of a small bank loan, they were
able to pay all their bills promptly. Now
Bonny is healthy again—and so is their
bank account.
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Planned saving pays off,
when bargains, opportunities
or emergencies come along.
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