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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1950
A Long, Hard Haul
The Korean war is proving to be a
long, hard pull. When the trouble broke
out, a few cheerful souls gave out that the
whole thing would be over in a week or so.
Indeed, they wondered if it were necessary
to appoint a general over the few police
men required to chase the meddling North
Koreans into their rocky home fastnesses.
It was not going to be a war, we were told,
'At best it would be a skirmish. A few air
planes would drop a bomb here and there
and the country would fall back into an
eastern, brooding calm, It has not been that
way by any manner of means. Russia still
is bent on giving her opponents another
Dunkirk. We hear of huge sums being vot
ed to carry on this struggle. Meanwhile the
Northern Koreans are steadily pressing on
their foes and with terrible results to the
rest of the world. What is needed is a
stronger opposition to the invaders. All
sorts of promises are made for aid to the
hard pressed United Nations forces. If
things do not move faster and far more
effectively in driving back those commun
ist forces, there will be precious little need
of forces. In a moon or so the Russians
will have triumphed and the conquest of
Korea will need to be undertaken as from
the. beginning. Meanwhile, what will the
Russians be doing?* ' * * *
A Penny Wise Proposition
Word is abroad that some local cream
eries and cheese factories are having hard
sledding. For one thing, help is expensive.
For another thing, inspection of those fac
tories is exacting. Further, the market for
cheese and butter is precarious. These three
factors alone would make the cheese and
butter industries considerable of an adven
ture. In every department of thebe indust
ries expenses have mounted steadily in the
face of the fact that they -were already
high eriough in all conscience. Along with
these difficulties goes the increasing con
sumption of milk on' the part of the. gen
eral public. The pasteurizing of milk and
the protection set about the quality of milk
offered the public has increased sales be
yond anything dreamed of a few years
ago. In addition to these factors resulting
in the difficulty the factories experience in
securing milk and cream is the enormous
growth in the making of milk into powder
and such products. Dairies and creameries
have been obliged to travel far with ex
pensive transportation facilities to secure
cream or milk. Intense competition among
factories follows inevitably. Little wonder
then that the butter and cheese factories
find it difficult to impossible to carry on.
Factories in which the milk producers are
stock holders in the local factories or are
share holders in the creamery or dairy
have found a partial solution tn this prob-
Frau Should a share holder cease to be
among milk producers for his factory, he
automatically ceases to be a share holder.
I'arn.ers must come to set1 that building up
their local factory is putting money into
their own pockets. Butter makers and
cheese makers. on the other hand, must
see that unless they give the market a first
class product, they arc cutting their own
throats. Milk producers must >ee that it is
a penny wise policy to sell their milk to
an outsider. There may he an immediate
gain by so doing. At best it is a penny wise
and pound foolish practice.
Time To Be Moving
There is every reason to believe that
the governments of Canada, whether fed
eral or provincial, or both, are about to
interfere in the matter of price controls.
They cannot do so too soon as the prices
for goods and services have risen beyond
all reason. In any ease the business world
has had fair warning to mend its ways. As
conditions now are, it is evident that some
parts of the business world are cunning and
clever above, all things and desperately
•greedy. It all may be illustrated by a re
mark made by a business man just as times
were mending some time ago, “'There are
more dollars floating about and I’m going
to get them?’ He .was but one in a hundred
thousand and more who proceeded on this
principle. The result has been, in the
majority of instances, more cash and more
luxuries but no increase of happiness. The
•old and tried maxim "having food and rai
ment, therewith to be content” has been
allowed to go overboard. John Plain Citi
zen welcomes the news that the govern
ment is moving in a matter so vital to the
welfare of the nation builders and sus-
Uiners. The only danger is that the govern
ment will not move far enough or fast
enough. For our law makers and law ad
ministrators to prove inefficient in these
critical days is to invite business collapse
that no one, not even the government, can
control. The reasonable thing is for the
business world to take the matter into im
mediate practical consideration. Unions and
business associations are called upon by the
quiet but stern voice of duty to take im
mediate action on their own initiative and
not to wait for governmental interference
of any kind.
* * * *
A Great Adventure
Our schools—both high and public-—
are getting under way. And what an enter
prise ’ it is! Those boys and girls are not in
school by accident but by careful planning
and study on the part of parents, of the
government of the land, and of the school
section. Well does society realize that ig
norance is the foe of everything good.
Knowing this, society has built schools and
secured teachers in the full confidence that
every scholar in the land means something
for the stability of the commonwealth.
Every boy or girl in our schools is asking
the teachers, "What have you to offer that
is of supreme importance in my life?"
Upon the answer the schools have for this
simple but fatefully important question, de
pends the fate of the nation. Every hour
of the school day those youths are asking
those teachers to show them the best way
to take. This way is -shown in the school
room with every lesson taught and every
problem the children are taught to meet.
The answer is given on the playground and
at lunch hour and in conduct on the street.
As the school children are today, Canada
will be twenty, forty, one hundred years
hence. School, be it remembered, is not a
preparation for life but life itself. As the
pupil lives in school he is very likely to
live all his days, Life is made from one
piece. Every day the shuttles are flying
and the web of destiny is being woven. It
is the privilege of every citizen to know
what is going on in the school. It is the
duty of the school board to ascertain what
progress the scholars are making in useful
learning as it applies to citizenship. From
time to time reports from inspectors should
be laid before the school boards of both
public and high school. Every ratepayer
has the right to know what is being done
with his taxes. The schools, in every sense,
are enterprises in which the ratepayers and
the citizens are partners and should be
treated as such by everyone on the boards
and* on the teaching staff. The more the
people know of the worth of the schools,
the better it will be for the commonwealth.
* * * is
Not A Good Spectacle
An unusual sight presented itself in
some of our harvest fields last week. Two
fanners were engaged in pitching the
sheaves onto the wagon rack, an occupation
that usually required but one worker. The
reason was that the sheaves had grown to
gether, thus requiring two harvesters to
separate them. In many cases the sheaves
were grown into the stubble and after har
vest weeds of the field. The whole stock
was a sorry mess. Not only was extra work
required in harvesting but the grain has
deteriorated in value to the point where, it
was of poor quality and of relatively little
value for feed. The farmer could not es»
cape loss. Farm help is costly. How any
farmer can handle such grain at a profit is
difficult to see. Farmers comforted them
selves that they had not to contend with
fourteen degrees of frost, as was the lot
of farmers in wide areas of the western
provinces. As one farmer remarked "Farm
ing is a gamble”. The farmer who is just
beginning or carrying on under heavy ex
pense for equipment has some close financ
ing ahead of him.
* % * *
A hearty welcome is given those im
provements in our sidewalks.
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And so there’s to be a tax on chewing
gum and chocolate bars and soft drinks’
Oh, well, ho hum.
& # *
Incense has its place -but Johnny is.
to be excused if he prefers those “pickling
and jam-making odours.
#
With a sigh of relief and a sigh with
n strange yearning and sombre content,
mama and dad saw Johnny and Mary off
to school.
NEXT ROUND IN A LOPSIDED BOUT
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As the--------
« TIMES” Go By
If— — —— —----------------------«
50 YEARS AGO
Messrs. Weekes Bros, sus
tained a heavy loss-last week in
the transit of a monument which
had been shipped from U.S. The
top was broken off and the loss
will amount to nearly $100.
One of the best and most pop
ular institutions in town is our
public library. It is a decided
fact that we have one of the
best libraries in the county.
Messrs. Bowden and McDonell
are to he congratulated on the
success of their excellent horses
at the Big Fair, Toronto.
Mr, and Mrs. Dew of Iowa
and Mrs. John Hunter, who have
been camping at Grand Bend for
the past two weeks returned on
Thursday last.
, .A ' ---------
V 125 YEARS AGO
Mr. John \V. Taylor is nurs
ing a very painful finger these
days. Mr. Taylor was nailing
steel laths on his house when he
fell from the step ladder his hand
came in contact with the lath in-
i flicting a painful wound and
threatening blood poisoning.
A report of the Centralia Lad
ies’ Aid shows how hard work
can accomplish great feats. Since
the United Church burned down
in 1921. the Ladies’ Aid have
raised $4,110.44 towards furni
shing the new church. This am
ount will give the reader some
idea of the great undertakings
the ladies have so successfully
conducted.
Alfred E. Tennant, veterinary
surgeon, who for over 40 years
has practised, in Exeter, died in
Victoria Hospital, London, after
a serious illness of pneumonia.
After an illness extending over
three years, there passed away
at lier late home in Guelph, Mrs.
Samuel Peart, at the age of OS
years. The late Mrs. Peart was
before her manage Miss Maria
G. Horne, daughter of the iate
Mr, Horne one of the pioneers
of Huron County.
15 YEARS AGO
Being anxious to make room
in his barn for the harvesting
of his bean crop, Mr. Milo Snell
made use of his hydro lighting
system and, with the aid of sev
eral men from town, he threshed
all night with Mr. Garnet Mc-
Falls’ threshing outfit.
Mr. Warren Brock of Zion is
at the Western Fair, London,
where he is showing several of
his fine horses.
ELLSMERE-BUSWELL— at the
home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Buswell,
their daughter Enola Gertrude
was united in marriage with
Albert Ellsmere of Golden
Valley on Saturday, September
8, 1935.
1O YEARS AGO
Mr. R. L. Motz, who for the
past nine years has conducted
the Red & White Grocery busi
ness in Exeter has disposed of
the stock to Mrs. C. P. Harvey.
The business in future will be
known as Harvey & Harvey.
The hotel in Exeter has
changed hands and Miss Amelia
Acheson, the third generation in
the hotel business, is the new
proprietress.
Messrs. W. H. Pollen and M.
W. Talfer are taking in the
Globe & Mail Scotch Doubles
tournament which opened in Tor
onto Thursday.
Two new teachers have been
added to the high school staff—
Mr. W. R. Shaw, B.A., of Hawk-
Stone, and Miss Marion Snell.
B.A., of Auburn.
... Neighboring News .
Repeat Performance With His
Foals At < .N.i:. Show
Albert Drake, sixteen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Drake. R.R. 2 St. Marys, had a
repeat performance at the Can
adian National Exhibition last
week when he won his class
with the registered filly foal:
with whi-h he met the same suc-,t
cess at last year’s C. N. E. and
also Royal Winter Fair. Albert
also showed a full sister of the
above colt in the 1950 foal class
and was successful in winning
that class as well as the boys’ foal class. This young lad has a
keen interest in his young hors
es and competed against seven
other high class colts. ?(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
Big Crowd At Theatre
Capacity crowds were at theI
local Fox Theatre on Thursday!
for Foto-Nite. Mrs. W. H. Mc-
Linehey of R. R. 3 Farkhlll was|
not present either night and the, offer is now §115.00. At the!
Legion bingo a much smaller 1
crowd than usual was on hand. I
No one won the jackpot and the;
offer was increased^ §10.
Tall Weed
Last week Lome Watson
brought in a lamb’s quarter-
which is one of the tallest ever
grown. Growing in his corn field
it more than kept pace with the
corn, and measured over ten
feet tall. The stock measured I three inches around the root.
(parkhill Gazette)
I Leading Citizen Passes
| The residents of Varna and
’ community were saddened when ’ they learned of the passing of
one of their leading citizens, in
the person of Lottie Webster
Coleman, o n September 1st, I n
his 48th year. For the past tew
j months his health had been Un
impaired but he bore his suffering
with patience and fortitude and
all that medical aid and loving
care could offer was to no avail.
He was the sou of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Coleman and
spent most of his life in the
community.« (Seaforth News)
Cornerstone Laid
With official ceremony, the
cornerstone of the new §50,000
addition to the Huron County
Registry Office was well and
truly laid on Tuesday afternoon.
It was necessary to get a
wrecker from the garage of Reg.
McGee & Sons to lift the two-
foot-squate stone in, place.
• County Treasurer A. H. Ers
kine inserted a sealed copper
box into the cornerstone as it
was placed in position. In the sealed box Were a collection of
1950 coins; a copy of the Regi-
ety Act of 1887; a photograph:
of the present Registrar, J. M.
Roberts; Huron County Council
minutes of 1949 and 1950; a
committee card containing names
o f Huron County Councillors,
officers and committees tor 1950; a copy of the August 31st issue
of The Goderich Signal-Star.
Congratulations t o Mr. Cyril;
Dunbar of Centralia, who com
pleted t h e approved course o f
training at Sky Harbor last week.
He has passed all examinations
needed to possess a private pil
ot’s license. ’
With fall fair time looming
up again, barnstorming flights
will be frequent. Zurich Fall
Fair last week was visited by
aircraft from Sky Harbor,
tGoderich Signal-Stat) t
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Thus life insurance works for everyone two ways. It helps raise
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