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Don't Let Burglars Know
You're Away On
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Summer thefts will cost Canad
ians more than $6,000 a day for in
sured losses alone during the holiday
months, warned the All Canada In-
surance Federation.
Officials of the Federation,
represents more than 2Q0 fire.
Even Breakfasts Have Changed
brought in in refrigerated cars
from Florida and California.
The other day I helped to nib
eight boxes of strawberries that
were to .be made into strawberry
jam and preserved in small glass
containers. This morning I had
jam put up in a.bottle manufact
ured especially for that purpose.
It had a fancy label. The top
was especially made to fit the
bottle and was attractively print
ed in color. I wonder which cost
the most, the jam or the bottle
However there are those who
argue, and perhaps rightly so,
that by the time you buy fruit
in smaU quantities, add sugar
and use the necessary electricity
to cock the fruit and heat the
water for washing the bottles,
the cost is about eqpal.
'fee that as it may, who wants
to go back to the old days and
the ofd ways?
But it is not only the bread
that has to come all dolled up
in fancy packages, but every
thing in the line of food and
produce comps in specially pre
pared -packages. The invention
and production of cellophane is
comparatively modern and. the
numerous ways in which it is
used to protect our food and at
tract the prospective buyer is
truly magnificent.
No Mons Cellar Storage
The days when potatoes were
stored in bins in the cellar along
with beets and carrots in the
fall of trie year to last until the
next crop became available is
practiced now only upon the
farms and not all farms at that,
potatoes come washed and clean
ed, and done up in 10 or 25 pound
packages; carrots in cellophane
bags. We can’t wait for the home
grown strawberries. They are
Hensall Councillors
Say New Site CostlyTractors
(Toronto Telegram)
Causes of farm tractor accidents
are varied, but in one respect the
pattern shows little change—the
casualties include a surprisingly high
proportion of children. The record of
recent months in Ontario shews these
victims of fatal accidents were, from
three to 16 years of age.
Inquests, for some-reason, are not-
the rule, but one was ordered recently
in Brant County, on a girl aged nine,
fatally injured after falling from the
draw bar of a tractor hauling a man--
ure spreader on a concession road. A
news, item at the- time said she was
one of four children riding home from
school. The coroner’s jury, after due
deliberation, recommended that young
children be barred from riding on the
drawbars of tractor-drawn farm imple
ments. It could scarcely say less.
In this connection, a list of rules
for safe tractor operation prepared
by the Farm Equipment Institute,
Chicago, and reprinted by the Ontario
Motor League, includes these- two:
Never ride on drawbar of a tractor
drawn implement. Never permit per-
which
auto
mobile and casualty insurance com
panies in Canada, said house burglar
ies increase sharply in number during
summer months when houses are left
“unattended.
All Canada recommends the fol
lowing precautions:
1. Drawn blinds or, curtains, lights
left burning at night, and accumula
tions of milk bottles and newspapers
are certain indications to burglars
that house is unoccupied.
2. Make arrangements for having
lawns mowed -during the vacation
period.
3. Always arrange to have house
watched and checked by police op
neighbours.
4. Valuables such as silver ■ and
jewellery should be left at a bank or
other place, of safe keeping.
5. If theft is discovered, notify
police immediately.
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A review of motor vehicle fatali
ties involving bicyclists shows some re
curring conditions, the most common
of which is that at tne time of the
collision the cyclist came out of a
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sons other than the driver to ride on,, without^ reasonable care. In several
tractor when it is in operation.
Many young children are allow
ed to drive farm tractors. Some of
these have been .killed. A coroner’s .
jury at Owen Sound, inquiring into
the, death of a driver aged five, re
commended that an age limit be set
and that parents disregarding it-be
■liable to persecution.
Tractor fatalities in the West _____ ___ v_z __o — ___
number a half-dozen already this sea-sexes will undoubtedly learn thorough-
son, The. Calgary Albertan reports. It ly^the safety rules and terms of the
points but that for the work which ’ ..................
' it is designed to do, the tractor, is
perfectly safe. Only when it is put
into, places that it’ is not fit for is it
a danger. As in motor car accidents
the-human-factor is always involved.
cases, the cyclists, riding on a busy
street or highway were inexperienced
and were riding erratically.
The very considerable efforts
being made by communities large and
small throughout the province, in the
field of bicycle safety, ■ cannot fail to
have two important effects. (1) The
general level of bicycling skill will be
raised and (2) young people of both •
Sitting at the table this Sun
day morning I was undecided as
to what cereal I would like for
my breakfast. I had half a dozen
choices all done up in separate
packages, scaled in airtight wax
ed paper in a brightly colored
and very attractive cardboard
container.
In soriie of the packages the
cereals were sugar coated and
I must confess that these have
a special attraction for me. I
imagine they were first conceiv
ed to tempt the appetites of
youngsters who must be inveig
led into eating cereals.
Two things occurred to, me as
I sat there in contemplation. How
different to the days when a
' good old-fashioned breakfast of
oatmeal porridge was the order of trie day.' In our family of
seven it took a fair-size kettle
to hold sufficient porridge for
breakfast.
The other thought was to what
extent,does the expert packag
ing of goods go towards creat
ing the high cost .of living today.
Take a loaf of bread. in my
early years it was five cents a
loaf and when it went to seven
cenfs we thought it was outrag
eous. I used to watch E. A. Fpl-
. lick set the dough at night in a
long wooden bin and in the morn
ing punch and roll it on a long
table and then chop off what he
thought was the correct weight,
weigh it on a pair of scales and
he was never very far out. It’
was baked in -a brick oven and
came out a delightful brown and
sold over the counter or deliver
ed at the door for five cents a
loaf.
Mass Production
Today it. is a case of mass
production and handled under ,
sanitary conditions. It not only
has one wrapper, but two. It is
not only wrapped in paper, but
it must be waxed paper and the
outside wrapper must be attract- -
ively printed to appeal to the
eye of,the purchaser.
A good old bowl of bread and
milk was equally relished for
supper as at breakfast time.
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• of kettle-broth, a dish today that board to buy more property ad-
, joining the present school site
which the board was able to do.
And it was in this motion- that
the first and second readings
were given. , !
Then som; of the .members
of the school board decided they
wanted to change the location of
the school. The majority of the
council would not sanction the
new location, because they,felt
the extra expense involved in
putting in drainage, sidewalks
and roads would make the cost
To The Editor,
The Exeter Times-Advocate
JDear Sir:
After reading the article in
your paper last week, in regard
to the Hensail school, we decided
it was time to make known
some of the facts to the people
of Hensall. ,
In the first place, we would
like to know when did school
inspectors start giving advice in
municipal affairs?
We think Mr. John G. Goman
would do well to stick to inspect
ing . the schools that are now
. operating without taking over the
taxpayers’ problems. After all,
he does not pay taxes in Hensall.
Mr. Goman stated that he be
lieved the true issue might be
distorted. This may be true, but
if so, it is being done by the
school board, not the council.
When first approached by the
school board to issue debentures
. ,....................... v- for $120,000 to build a new school
to.day have -ever' on the .present site, council
heard, much less tasted a bowl agreed arid requested the school
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I enjoy and only the other Sun- ,
day night when asked what I
wanted fox’ supper I replied: “I’ll
make myself some kettle-broth.”
' I get a fair size bowl ahd break
in a slice or two of white bread,
crust and all, then add some
butter, pepper and salt for seas-'
orting and soak it all with boil
ing water and then add milk or
cream. It was a dish that Was
easily prepared in the good old
days and still on occasion (is
much enjoyed. /
prohibitive. It was at this time
that the council decided it would
be best tq take the whole issue
to the ratepayer?.
We also see by yom* paper that
the vote has been postponed. We
do not known who had the autho
rity to do'this as we have at
tended all meetings and do not
know of a motion to this effect.
If' someone took the responsibi
lity upon .themselves they did it
without knowledge of council.
Mr. Goman stated that town
council could be placed in an
.embarrassing position. We do not
feel that the.re is any cause for
embarrassment
On their own initiative, the
school board have- bought' pro
perty on the south side of Hen
sall for the. proposed school. Now
all that we ask is that the rate
payers make the'final decision
on whether we get a new school.
We are in council to serve the
ratepayers of Hensall, and when
their wishes are made known,®
we will b&’ happy to give our
fullest co-operation.
’ Councillor Harry Hoy
Councillor Jim Sangster
MERRY MENAGERIE By Walt Disney .
'rubber STAMPS AREA r/ME SNMG rood
We can gipe quid fcerridin applying
aiMw made rubber budget
prfctf, Drop in arid tell ut what you
want * we’ll have it ready for you with*
in « couple of days.
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Band, the • ball
Firemen, Hensail
London boxers,
Gans and other
who helped m
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Exeter Kinsmen Club
SHELDON D. WEIN, President
rim Exeter Kinsmen Club
wishes to express, its .apprecia
tion to all who assised us with
our Fifth Dominion Day Cele
bration, We would like to extend
special thanks to the - Exeter
Legion Pipe 'D""M +
teaips, Lions,
Kinsmen, the
Lee Paul, Dr.
organizations
many ways.
We sincerely appreciate the,
support of the general public
'which helps us to sponsor the
summer playground’ and other
service projects.
Not New
(Orillia Packet and Times)
All opinions to the contrary,
atomic explosions have virtually no
thing to do with the weather. But
there are plenty of people who will
continue to insist: (1) that the scientists
are wrong or (2) that for some deep,
dark mysterious reason science isn’t
telling the people of the world the
truth about the matter.
Those who believe this appear do
be supported by the strange Way
weather has been acting. There have
been hurricanes and tornadoes, great
floods. Record highs and record lows
of temperature are reported with
regularity.
We have a feeling that much of
the todo- about the world’s weather in
recent years' has been the result of
people becoming much more weather
conscious than they were before.
For example, extremes of weather
probably occurred with the same
frequency years. ago, but did not re
ceive the same high degree of pub
licity that they do today with so many
media bringing news of the world to
people. A case in point were the hur
ricanes of the past couple of years.
They became popularized, Were given
the names of girls, and were tracked •
with detailed accuracy by the modern
Weather bureaus. The result was that
people became “hurricane conscious”.
and more aware and more frightened
of the big storms than they would
have been a few years before.
But whether the weather is af
fected by atomic explosions or not, it
seems quite apparent that there is
very little, if anything, puny man can
do about the mighty forces of nature.
Highway Traffic Act. ■■ - •
Bicycle roadeo’s are proving most
popular. Ordinarily operated by ser
vice- clubs with the assistance of police
officers, they aim to make sure bi
cycles are properly equipped and
mechanically sound and that alFriders',
know and understand traffic rules.
The final test is for riding skill, and
winners receive prizes.
One such recent bicycle roadeo in
London developed so many entrants
that the initially selected age limits of
nine and 16 had to be narrowed to
10 and 14 so that the competition,
could be run off within the-, time limit
set.
All roadeos appear to have one
thing in common—the enthusiasm dis
played by both participants and spon
sors.
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Wit And Wisdom
The capitalistic system has grown
up and it is in use because, and only
because, the experience of mankind
has proven it to be the best way of
doing what has to be done.
—Sir Clifford Sifton, 1925
Democracy is a great institution,
but on account of the men thrown up
sometimes, its institutions are Very
often in a perilous position,
-—-J. Alex McPhail, 1940
Let's Work Towards...
• An expanded industrial promo
tion program in Exeter and in Huron
County.
• Completion of the Riverview
Park development.
• A business promotion organiza
tion among Exeter merchants. •
• A parking lot close to Main
Street. ’ A
• 'A town plan for Exeter.
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• By MRS. J.M.S.
Have you .ever stopped to rea
lize that we today have at least
2,000 hours of leisure each year,
which i§ nearly 1000 more hours
than our grandparents’ genera
tion enjoyed?
It figures out like this for
most of us; ’ , .
You have 365 days
• each year or........ 8,760 hours
Deduct 8 hours a
day for sleep......2,920 hours
44 hours a week for
work- (less vaca- ’
tion)- ..........;........ 2,144 hours
1 hour each day- for«
travel to and from '
work .....................
2’A hours each day
for meals ..................
U hour each day for
hdme chores ..........
1 hour each day for
dressing and
dressing ........
This adds up
year to ........;
Leaving you
time of 1
Admittedly -this is only an ap
proximate disposition . of the
hours of an' average person’s
day. Some people require less
than eight hour’s sleep; some
need more. Some of us work
more "than 44 hours a week;
some less. Some of us spend
only a few minutes a day travel
ling to and from our work;
some of us considerably, more
‘than an hour. - . ’ ?
Allowing for all the individual
differences in our daily living
it is probably true that, over
the years, most - of us average
pretty -close to 2,000 hours of
comparative 4i’eh time. From
age 18 to age 68 this adds up to,
100,000 houxs-r-more (han eleven
years of time that belongs to
us. '
Pack Your - Leisure With Profit
A book in Your t Library,
“Pack Your Leisure with Profit
and Pleasure’’ by Corinne Wells
aims to arouse an awareness
of the surprising amount of lei
sure time a. purposeful mdn or,
woman can manage to find each
year and to suggest spare time
-projects suitable for our dif
ferent talents, our individual pre-1
ferepces and our circumstances,
It is doubtful if any book has
ever presented so many ideas
or provided so much helpful in-1'’
formation about so many leisure
time activities and projects.
’ The book itself , suggests you
go to your Library and talk
with your librarian about books,
magazines or pamphlets to-help
you develop A special skill or
engage in any money making
• enterprise.
'; Consult Your Library,
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Before you leave, tajke a minute to get your' com
bination accident-baggage insurance tJiAt will take
all the worries out of your vacation. Wherever in the
world you go, you and your family will be protected
against theft, loss, and damage to • personal, effects,
whether you travel by train,'.plane, ship, bus, taxi
dr car. Accident coverage up to $5Q,Q00 plus medical
allowance. See about it- right now,
W. Herman Hodgson
“The Insurance Man"
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Office 24
DR. J. W. CORBETT
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814 Main Strset South
Phone 273 - Exeter
DR. H. H. COWEN
DENTAL SURGEON
L.D.S., D.D.S, .
Main Street Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoon
. PHONE 36
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W, G. COCHRANE, B.A.
■ BARRISTER A SOLICITOR
EXETER, ONTARIO
At Hensall, Friday, 2 to 5 P,M.
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50 YEARS AGO -
$7.50 was paid for hogs this
week.
T. E. Handford shipped three
cars of hprses to the Winnipeg
Fair. Dr. Tenant, Thos. Elliott
and. Richard Atkinson accom
panied the horses to Winnipeg.
The automobile from Exeter
which was loaded with-Sports to
see the ball game at Crediton
on Friday broke down about two
miles west of town and the boys
had to walk to see the game.
Some are inclined to think that
good horses and rigs are the
more reliable after all.
Flax pulling started in this dis
trict Monday morning.
Lovie Bissett,. daughter of Jas.
Bissett of London passed the re
cent Entrance Examinations se
curing 491 marks.
Posters are out announcing (he
big excursion to Sarnia on Aug
ust.?.
25 YEARS AGO
In the judging of the school
garden plots Mary Van Camp
was first, Gladys Ryckman, se
cond, and Warren May, third.
Patsy Martin won the scholar
ship t in the Exeter school by
heading the test of Entrance
pupils in the Exeter district.
Other prizewinners were Betty
Complin, Mary Van Camp and
Lome Howey.
Celia Christie and Mildred
■ Rowe returned Sunday after at
tending summer school for a
week at Alma College.
Mr, N. S. Eaton, Canadian
National Express agent, has
» been transfe-red to Engiejmrt.
Mrs, Eaton and son, Jack, will
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15 YEARS AGO
Rev. C. W. Down of Sparta has
purchased the residence of Mr.
E. M. Quanqe, North Street.
Captain W. E.; Wakes left last
Thursday for Ottawa for a spe?
cial five-weeks’ course.
- Nine boys £?om' Exeter are at
tending Camp Hiawatha, Huron
County Camp for boys, The dir
ector of the camp is Rev* Harold
Snell and the boys are Don . Brint-
nell, Don Davies, Dawson Gould-,
ing, Neil Johnston, Ross Knight,
Don Southcott, George Tantph,
Roy Willard, Exeter and Bill
Moise, Blenheim. *
Mr'. William. Kleinstiver fire
man at the Klumpp Planing’Mill
of Dashwood .was overcome by
gas and found dead in a chamber
formerly used As a well. r
The first ripe tomato to be re
ported in town was picked on
Tuesday by Mr. W. E, Middleton.
10 YEARSAGO »
, Workmen are how engaged in
erecting two new cement pillars'
at ti|e entrance to Exeter’s Com
munity Park. .
The general store of Reste--
meyer and Millet at the main
intersection in Dashwood was
broken into early Monday morn
ing and the safe cracked-and rob
bed of cash* bonds and cheques
amounting to over $1,000.
Dr, Chas, , Currelly, bOrn in
Exeter and director of the Royal
Ontario Museum .of Archeology
since 1909 has retired, ■ g
Mr. Wes Witmer picked ms
first ripe tomato on July 11,
The Orangemen celebrated the Twelfth at Bjyth—5,000 attended.
Dr. John Corbett, of Toronto
has purchased the ’dental prac
tice, of Ute late Dr. Roulston.
DR. D. J. McKELVJE, D.V.M.
VETERINARY SURGEON
Phone 99
Hensall , Ontario
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