The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-04-20, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 19S0
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Times Established 1873 . Amalgamated November 1934 Advocate Established 1881
Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario
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PublishersJ. Melvin Southcott
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1950
The Farmer And Fires
Comparatively few farms are visited
by destructive fires. Still, there are such
fires and when they take place they are
sure to work a great deal of harm. Farm
ers have found out that prevention is their
best method of dealing with fires. They in-
force the “ncr smoking rule”. Electricity
has removed the old hazard of the lantern.
The oil tank is carefully guarded. The
menace of Ijye ashes is seldom met with.
Not that perfection has been attained in
' these regards. There are careless ones who
simply will not take ordinary
to avoid confragrations.
Happily the lines in these
being drawn more strictly and
parties are removed from the
ises. But what about the fires that seem
to be unavoidable ? Is the average farming
community prepared to meet such an emer
gency? The nearby fire department is sent
for but when jd arrives, the rule is that
there is no adequate supply of water.
Hardly ever is there a fire fighting organ
ization. When the fire starts, willing hands
are ready to, do their best, but -there is no
organization to direct the efforts of the
willing workers.
Very often there is no special group
for removing frightened animals from the
building. Preparations have not been made
, for the removal of machinery. Naturally,
we look to some organization to take the
lead in organizing for fire protection pur
poses. Farmers are capable of doing this
sort of thing. All they need under the cir
cumstances is for someone to take the first
step. The necessity for fire fighting organ
ization has been well known for many a
day. Why not have the farmers started in
this good work?
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precautions
regards are
the careless
farm prem-
A Late Seeding Time
Farmers who frequently are through
with their seeding operations by the second
week of April find themselves without a
single round of drilling. By the middle of
April the land was decidedly wet and quite
unfit for farm working. It is early in the
year. Should the weather prove favourable,,
there is reason to think that the country
may have a fair prop, though experienced,
farmers prefer the early season. Crops have
their time to grow precisely as leaves have
their time to fall. Forecasting is a precar
ious work but farmers will make no mis
take in preparing for a dry growing season.
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The Recall Of Those Dominion Bonds
When the Dominion government re
quired money for the carrying on of the
great wars, it borrowed money from the
people. Indeed, the people were urged, to
put then* savings into these transactions.
Insurance companies and banks and other
folk handling large sums of money were
urged to get behind the loans for patriotic
purposes among other reasons. The impres
sion was that the loans would be allowed
to run till maturity. Of course there was
no deception in all this. It was clearly stat
ed that the loan might be paid off at the
government’s will. Still, the lenders had the
impression that the loan would be undis
turbed till tile expiry date. Just now those
loans are being recalled without as much
as a “by your leave”. Serious inconvenience
is caused, particularly to the folk of small
financial means, who are now being left
desolate as far as a fair investment oppor
tunity for their small sums is concerned.
They built on, and depended, upon, the
loans they advanced and now are at their
wits’ end
Should tile
the future,
be recalled
for investment opportunities,
government require a loan in
the present circumstances will
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Torquay Tariff Meeting
are a headache to the average
taxpayer. That patient fellow has the job
of carrying the nation’s money burdens.
The government exercises the right of say
ing how much taxes the citizen is to pay.
Of course, the doing the nation’s business
costs money and tariffs are one way of
getting the cash. In theory, the tariff is an
n arrangement whereby the rich man does
the major share of the taxpaying. Some
patient people are not sure that the theory
is always put into practice. Some people
with lead pencils figure that the tariffs are
a means whereby the “interests” are pro
tected against competition from other
countries, Thai may be but it is the ulti
mate consumer, the man who “stops” the
article that is the man who pays all the
costs in tire article, including the tariff.
That
Tariffs
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SHELL GAME?
is on estate
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Estates now being administered by The Canada
Trust Company range in size from small to very large.
appeared for llie first time in
surplices.
Regardless of the si^e of your estate—our Trust
Officers welcome the opportunity to discuss your
estate plans with you.
The size of an estate is not the determining factor as
far as Trust Company services are required.
The important thing is whether Trust Company ad
ministration will bring actual benefits to a wife and
children—or whoever the beneficiaries may be.
Robert Southcott
The United States is uneasily aware that
it has protected its “interests” to the point
where trade is being interfered with, It
finds in other words that it is charging
other nations too much for the privilege of
trading
Hence its recent
going
that there
goods with the rest
nouncement is quite significant in view
the dealers -and politicians who meet this
fall at Torquay, England. It seems that
this is to be a real love feast at which the
world tariff situation will be discussed. Our
readers are bouqd to sharpen their wits to
see precisely what is going to go forward
at this meeting that should prove benefi
cial to business and trade the world over.
What is feared .is that what will be car
ried out at this meeting will be the pass
ing of resolutions that will be prepared and
cut and dried before the gavel falls at the
first meeting. Some tell us that the interests
will do no less. What one fears is that the
“interests” will return merrily chorusing
“We are protected still”. There may be,
they fear, a shifting from Tweedie Dee to
Tweedie Dum But Tweedie Dum loses in
one way will be made up to him in some
other way. All in all the taxpayers may
well be' excused if’ they are a bit skeptical
regarding the whole affair. It is earnestly
to be hoped that Canada will forget politics
on this matter and do her sturdy best to
get ’
and
with other United States citizens,
announcement that it is
to revise its tariffs downwards so
will be a freer exchange of
of the world. This an-
of
the much disturbed world on a better
steadier business jee.
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Please!
The very best thing the private citizen
do when the fire siren sounds is tocan
stay at home. Should his curiosity get the
better of him and he finds himself making
a rush to the fire he should do his best to
keep out of the way of' the firemen. In
any case he should leave his car at home.
If* he must park his car he should leavq it
at Thames Road corners or at Elimville or
Hensall. We have a well equipped fire bri
gade in Exeter and a body of fire fighters
who know what to do and who have the
stuff in them to do that very thing. Let
the rest of us give them every opportunity
to do their work. If they require any help
they are not too shy to ask.
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It Looked Lonesome
We were told that it could not be
helped but that the little school out there
in the country was out of the running in
these progressive days. We were informed
that the little building had at one time
been the centre of a robust comrpunity life.
Box socials’ were held there from time to
time with their rollicking fun and happy
social consequences. Spelling matches and
geography tournaments and mental arith
metic contests were of yearly occurence.
Games and picnic fun were there on the
twenty-fourth of May, while the annual
prize-giving at Christmas was an event
never to be forgotten. Jackknives and
books awarded on such occasions still are
to be found in the neighbourhood. Mem
ories of snowball fights and shinny matches
and skating contests are happy memories.
It gives one the blues to think that these
glories are all past. The little school stood
there in the cold March wind but no smoke
issued from the chimney. The bell, one of
the wonders of the childish mind, has no
call for the farmer to return to his dinner.
Blinds ate in the windows but they are
sadly out of repair and no one cares. An
occasional window pane is broken, while
the steps to the door no longer echo to the
sounds of running childish feet. Paint has
long since disappeared, while the school
fence is wrecked beyond all repair. Even
the trees planted to mark some occasion
wave desolate and broken branches in pro
test against the progressive age that has
swallowed up the school section to form a
consolidated school. Large crowds of folk
from the village and farms hard by the
village, assemble in the big school. These
crowds are well dressed and would give a
scant welcome to the hodden gray folk of
other days, but they are no merrier. That
little school is lonely but it paved the way
for belter things. May the new school fol
low its example!
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The season is progressing: Marbles are
being cached for another year, and junior
is wondering where ma put his baseball
glove . , . And ma is wondering why in
the name of Joe DiMaggio didn’t junior
put it away himself so he would know
where it was! « <
50 YEARS AGO
Bees are all the .go around
here. To bee or not to bee, that
is the question.— Sodom news.
The officers of the Epworth
League at Eden for the coming
year are as follows; Hon. Pres.,
Rev. Salton; Pres., Edgar Bus
well; First Vice-Pres., David
Elston; Second Vice-President,
Blanche Rook; Third Vice-Pres.,
Ida Cave; .Secretary, Clara Lux
ton; Organist, Retta Essery.
The annual .millinery openings
marking the advent of the spring
season must have been a perfect
dream of delight to hundreds of
the fair .ones who thronged ‘the
various show rooms in town on
Friday and Saturday last.
A large and very enthusiastic
meeting of the supporters and
lovers of lacrosse was held for
organization in the Town Hqll
on Friday evening. The following
officers were elected: Hon. ,Pres.,
N. D. Hurdon; Pres., W. H. Le-
vett; First t Vice-Pres., J. G.
Stanbury; Vice-Pres., W.
J; Hearnan: ;Seb’y P. L. Bishop;
Treas., >C. iL-Sanders; Manager,
J. H. Grieve; Committee, M. Vin
cent, E. -Dickson and W. Dignan.
name decided for the club
“The Victorias”.
The
was
YEARS AGO
the Normal students
the Easter holidays are
25
Among
home for
Aylmer 'Christie, Mildred Rowe,
Carrie Davis, -Ruth Lamport,
Mary Horney and Gertrude Fran
cis.
The fine .frame home of Wm.
Oke, 2nd. Con., of Usborhe Twp,
was destroyed by fife. Neighbors
succeeded in saving the bedding,
clothing and the furniture in the
front part of the house,
The choir of Main St. Church
SHIPKA
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Russell and
family spent the week-end with
relatives in Windsor. ,
>On Sunday next 'Mr, Carr, of
Exeter, will occupy the pulpit in
the United Church in the absence
of Rev. Mr. Currie who is unable
to be present.
Miss Ruth Ratz of Oakville
spent the week-end at the home
of Mr, and Mrs. .Jacob Katz.
Mr. and Mi’s. Ross Love spent
the week-end in Toronto.
Couples Honored At Party
On Monday evening last the
friends in the community gather
ed in the public schoolhouse to
honor Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Clarke,
newly-weds, and Mr, and Mrs.
Earl Pickering who are Reaving
our community. The evening was
spent in card .playing, Mr. Karl
Guenther read the address for
Mr, and Mrs. Pickering and fam
ily. ' Each was presented with a
trilight lamp. Lunch was served
at the iclose.
WINCHELSEA
Mr. aad Mrs. jGlenn Dobbs __
Langton and Mr. and . Mrs. Will
Dobbs and baby of Glencalrn
visited over Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan Brock.
We are pleased to see that
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey have
returned to tlieif home in the
village after spending the winter
months with Mr. and Mrs. Alt.
Collier of Kirkton.
Elimville Mission Band held
their Easter meeting Friday at
the home of Kathleen Home.
•Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hord
spent Saturday With Mr, and
Mrs. Newman Baker of Welburn.
Mr. Milton Brook of Zion visit
ed on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Bailey,
-Mis§ Patricia Huy of London
Normal school is observing this
week at our local school under
the direction of Mr> Sparling,
Of
15 YEARS AGO
Arrangements have been made
to celebrate the King’s ^Silver
Jubilee in Exeter on May 6. A
service in which the scholars of
both high and public schools will
take part will be held in James
St. Church.
Miss Irene Van Camp was ,the
winner of the first prize for the
best letter written by a high
school student in .connection with
the Old Boy’s and Girl’s Re
union.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Giles of
Royal Oak, Mich., are the first
of the campers to come to their
cottage at Grand Bend to stay for
the season — earliest in some
years.
IO YEARS AGO
Mrs. Henry Strang attended
the graduatipn of her .daughter,
Mrs. G. Lamont, from the Pres
byterian Deaconess Training
School and also the graduation
of her son-in-law, Rev. , G. M.
Lamont from Knox ’College. Mr.
Lamont was awarded the Gordon
Mortimer 'Clark Scholarship, .val
ued at $12:5.00. , w
With the installation of a new
store front by S. B. Taylor a bird
box, the home . of feathered
friends, the Purple (Martins, was
removed. In anticipation of the
return of the Purple Martins the
box has been put on the sidewall
of the Chaimway store.
On Tuesday night, while the
most of us peacefully slumbered,
Nelson Statton and .Rollie Motz
were at Grand Bend gathering in
a havest of , smelt and when
dawn appeared they had around
150 dozen members of the finny
tribe as a reward for their labor.
Apalling Record!
This summer,
luckier than
acres will go up in smoke. That’s
our average
Scandinavian
out The Financial Post, where
climate and tree growth are
similar, the fire toll is not more
than 25,000 acres.
Why this vast difference?
Mainly, it’s a matter of public
interest. In Norway, Sweden and
Finland, public interest is high;
here it is not. The ’Scandinavians
Uli live close to their forests,
even those in jthe big industrial
centres,
In Canada, unfortunately, the
forests usually lie far over the
horizon, out of sight of the ave
rage citizen. That makes the lob
of selling forest conservation
more difficult, but sell it We
must or we lose some of
greatest industries.
unless we are
usual, three million
annual loss. In the
countries,points
our
British Rifle Team
To Visit Canada
' A British rifle team will
Canada this summer, it
visit
was
stated at the annual meeting of
the National .Rifle Association In
London recently. The team of 19,
captained by Rear-Admiral M
B. Hutton, will compete in
matches at Toronto and Quebec
before going to Ottawa for
Dominion of Canada Rifle
soclatioii’s central meeting.
the
As-
Still Higher Beef?
Beef iprices may go higher
with continuing strong U.S. _
mand, says the federal agricul
ture department in The Financial
Best. Choice cuts might become
very scarce as
priced. General
likely continue
cattle come on
midsummer*
still
de-
well as high
situation will
till grass-fed
market around
J. IV. McLachlan, Trust Officer
Dundas at Clarence - London Ont.
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Branches in 6, provinces
IS IT GOING TO HEAT
ON THE FIRST WARM DAY?
WHY GUESS? Save
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yourself the inconvenience on
rad boiled out, back-flushed,
for the hot weather.
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Running short of feed? Don’t let stocks
fall too low because you haven’t the ready
cash. Talk things over with your BofM
manager,
Remember—when you ask for a loan at
the B of M you do not ask a favour, If you
can plan repayment from your farm income,
there’s money for you at "My Bank”, And
that goes for seed and fertiliser, too.
Bank or Montreal
Exeter Branch: C. E, SHAW, Manager
Crediton Branch: C. W. PARKINSON, Manager
Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Dashwood (Sub-Agency):
Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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