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This newspaper believee the
right to express an opinion tn
pubtic contributes to the pro.
gross of the nation ancl that it
must be exercised freely to pre-
serve and improve democratic
goyernment.
Take Heart, Humans
Collectively. we've been severe in our chas-
tisement of our fellow man for the careless driving
habits which have led to alarming losses in life and.
property. And it's only common sense that we should
try to reduce the toll.
However, maybe were not as bad at driving
cars as we think we are. Perhaps we should give
ourselves a pat on the back because the toll isn't
higher.
A report from a General Motors official in-
dicates that. human drivers are doing a better job.
than electronic chauffeurs could do. So far, the scien-
tists haven't produced a "robot" which can excel
the human at the wheel.
Records reveal that only one accident fatality
occurs for each 16 million miles of vehicle travel or
approximately every 400.000 hours. The official said
electronic devises at present make errors more fre-
quently than that.
Nevertheless. while we can boast that w ere
ahead of the automation age in this category, we
can't remain complacent. Scientists are making the
electronic controls more perfect all the time. We'll
have to improve -to keep ahead.
Time For Action
- A group of boys dropped a lighted firecracker
into a pop bottle, threw it into the air and watched
with amusement when the explosion carne and the
bottle burst.
But one of the pieces of glass struck a teen-
age girl on the head, opened a cut which bled pro-
fusely.
The incident happened in Exeter last week.
Fortunately, the girl's injury was minor but it serves
as a local warning to add weight to the cries through-
out the country for more control of fireworks.
• In London, firemen answered a record 22 calls
in 17 hours as a result of the malicious use of fire-
crackers.
It's time to put a stop to this nonsense, If fire-
works can't be curtailed to a safe, amusing display
of pyrotechnics, then we'd better ban them entirely.
Local councils would be wise to take action
on the problem now before another May 24 weekend
comes along.
Grave Complaint
The common ketchup, or catsup, bottle may
appear at first thought to be a ridiculous subject for,
a newspaper editorial but we've reached the point
where we can refrain .11.0 longer,
We like. and use; ketchup and we make no
apologies for it to those culinary experts and society
leaders who look down their noses through pince-nez
at the gory stuff. Our taste is not cultured, we ad-
mit; we enjoy ketchup with certain dishes. Some-
times, we're convinced, it's a necessity to cover up
the Mrs. mistakes with the oven but more often it's
simply because it tastes good.
But that bottle! From the first time you crack
it on the bottom—and squirt the tablecloth, the per-
son sitting besides you, and the tri -light lamp in the
dining room—until it's almost empty—and you have
to whack and wait for five minutes to get those last
dregs—that bottle is a menace to the peace of mind
and .patience of every good ketchup -lover in the
country. And, despite the culinary experts, there are
a lot of us.
We'll award a gold medal to the first. ketchup
manufacturer who introduces a decent container.
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The woman who is tired of having breakfast in
bed will probably be glad to leave the hospital.
It seems that children are never so dependent
upon their parents as after they become self -support -
Taxes could be a lot worse. Suppose we had
to pay tax on what we think we're worth.
Children may tear up a house but they seldom
break up a home.
A person Wrapped up in himself makes a
small pa.ckage.
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In a chat with one of the
teachers at the High School
Open House the other night, I
got a severe jolt. Talking of the
pupils, he remarked: "It's hard
to believe that most of the kids
in high school don't remember
the war." He pointed out that
they were either toddlers or in
diapers, when the war ended,
13 years ago.
must admit it upset me.
Made me feel old and sad. How-
ever, that night in bed, I rem-
inisced, and cheered up consider-
ably as I recalled the exciting,
even happy days of May, 1945.
I wasn't in diapers when the
war ended. I was in jail. Me and
10,000 other knights of the air,
whose Pegasi (a pre -jet model)
had been shot out from under
them.
We had reason to be some-
what less ecstatic, when Mr.
Churchill announced that the
conquered people of Europe were
at last free. About May 5th, our
German guards had folded their
glockenspiels and crept away in-
to the night.
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1\' scarcely had time to pour
into the countryside, drink every-
thing we could lay hands on,
start affairs with all the Ger-
man , girls, and slaughter a :Lew
dozen head of beef for a mas-
sive barbecue, when our gallant
allies, the Russians, arrived, and
herded us all back behind
barbed wire. • We'd merely ex-
changed one set of scowling
guards for another, complete
with burp guns.
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So there we sat and sulked,
while roisterers roistered in
Times Square and Piccadilly
Circus, celebrating the end of
the affair. The war was over
and we were still on the cab-
bage soup and black 'bread cir-
cuit:
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Day after day we waited for
the •aircraft which were sup-
posed to fly us home. Finally,
a few of us, driven by despair
by the thought of all those
beautiful women, brussels sprouts
and other delicacies on the, out-
side, revolted.
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And so it came about that,
just 13 years ago this week, I
was walking down the highway
from Rostock to Wiesinar, a song
in my heart, a blister on my
heel, a vacuum in my stomach.
and a very rugged character
from Chicago, Tony Manoli, by
my side.
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Six hours later, we'd crawled
on our bellies between two sen-
tries, after cutting the wire with
homemade shears. Then we'd
run, in the dark, with a speed
and silence that amazes me still,
waiting ler the shout or the
b•ti-u•r-r-r-r-p. Jolly:
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But that was behind, Ahead
lay 90 miles and three days in
a country in chaos, swarming
with people of every nationality.
Belts, Slays, French, German
and Russians, slaves and sole
diers. We learned that nobody
travels as fast and as free as
the Man who has nothing.
We walked miles. We feasted
and we starved. We rode in
everything, from a two -horse
landaulet, driven by a tough old
German lady who .spoke about
Shakespeare, to a big Buick se.
dan, driven by a drunken Rus-
sian officer who scared the ijv
ing ectoplasm out of us,
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We drank a pitcher of . warm
milk, proffered, by a young Ger-
man girl, who. told us, with what
seemed remarkable unconcern,
that she'd been raped by Rus-
sians four times in four days.
The same evening, under a rail-
road bridge, we roasted stolen
ducks over a fire and shared a
couple of bottles of bingo with
some Russian soldiers.
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Tony fell in love with a blond
French refugee, and fell out
again just as quickly when her
husband, a large, dark, fierce
man, materialized, and began
scratching his dandruff with an
eight -inch knife.• I had a' fight
with a Yugo -Slav • (a small one)
when he tried to steal some
cigarettes Tony .had stolen from
an even smaller Italian. A free-
for-all started, but nobody'd
had much to eat for a Year or
so, and the resultant bloodshed
was what you might see if a
couple of members of he Over -
90 Club had a pillow, fight.'
And so it went, in a hundred
other incidents. When we finally
gained the British lines, we stop-
ped and lookedbacke:inteee,that
sea of humanity in which' We. had
sported, swum, and sometimes
nearly drowned. We bade it
goodbye wordlessly, sadly,: be-
fore turning and- walking e into
the desert of .Organized, sensible,
disciplined living again,
News Of You?
LIBRARY
By MRS. J. M. 5.
Mrs. John Schroeder assumed
her duties as secretary -treasur-
er of the Library Board at its
monthly meeting last Wednes-
day evening. She has been ap-
pointed to take the place of
Mrs. M. H. Mode who has moved
to Toronto to reside.
It was decided at the meet-
ing not to change open night
for the library to Saturday night
for the present. Last fall when
the stores decided to stay even
Friday nights the library chatiged
accordingly to Friday night.
The Board feels it would be
confusing to change again; So
until the demand waerants it,
the Library will' remain, closed
Saturday night.
Inside Russia Today .
This important new 'book has
just arrived at your library. It
is written by John Gunther in
his usual authorative, compre-
hensive and, at the same time,
readable style which made hint
famous in his earlier "Inside"
books Others he has written
"Inside Africa", "Inside Asia"
"Inside Europe", • "Inside U.S.:
A", "Inside Latili America",
"Eisenhower", . "b Day" and
many others. • .
This book on Russia is an eye-
opener. It takes the reader in-
side this continentesize country
and reveals the sights and
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Jottings By IM.S.
March Storm. Of 1913
Hits Farms In District
I wonder how many of our
readers will recall the .destrue-
tive windstorm that passed over
this district ,the latter part P1
Mardi, 1913, It was one .of the
worst storms ever to hit the dis-
triet .and because of the losses
the Huron 'Weather Insurance
Co., %Oh head office at Zurich,
%vas forced out of bushiess.
lowing the storm there was a
wild scramble for materials to
repair the damage suffered. Twa.
days later heavy rains feu and
much hay and grain was des-
troyed.
Damage In Exeter
D. Braund's carriage shop
was partly blown clOwn; it, G.
Seldon's weigh scale buildine
was toppled and the beam bent;
the shed. at the rear of Connor
Bros.' machine shop was coin-
pletely demolished; the chimney
on the Trivitt rectory was blewn
down and crashed through the
roof into the kitchen where Mrs.
Collins had stood just .a few
minutes before.
The verandah in front of Dr.
•AleGillicuddy'S and Dr. Nynd-
man's offices was torn to pieces
also the verandahs of Mrs.
Ilar-
ness and L. MeTaggart were
blown down.
Chimneys were blown from the
houses of E. Christie, Miss Balk -
will, W. D. Weekes, D. Cobble -
dick, R. G. Seldon and from the
Commercial Hotel and Murray's
machine shop.
Part of the robf was lifted
from Mr. Jos. Hawkins' kitchen
and Mr. I. Armstrong's kit-
chen.
.The west . end of the Dome
rink was Moved from its founda-
tion and considerable of the iron
was . iera off and the. whole
structure seemeddoomed to
destruction..
Mr. Nelson Kestle's
went over; a part of the roof of
the Grand Trunk Railway freight
shed was torn off, also a car or
two on the switches w e r e
wrecked. Considerable roofing
on the canning factory was
stripped oft and the chimney. on
the old Temperance Hotel was
blown down. A window • on the
south side of Caven Presbyte-
rian church was blown in. The
storage room of Mr. Ed Coombe,
Main St., was taken -froth its
foundation and wrecked.
A pinnacle was blown off the
James Street church tower.
Shade and fruit trees all over
the town were levelled to the
ground.
Damages In Uoborne
Barns unroofed — James Mon.
teith, John Westlake, Alfred
Hicks, Philip Madge, W. IL Ean
Jos. Creery, George Coward,
\Vin. Kerala, Bert ,Fletcher,
Wm. Rowcliffe,' Jelin Batten,
Russell Skinner, Albert Ethering-
ton.
Wesley Johns' barn was com-
7pletely demolished and wind-
mill blown over; James Wilson's
barn unroofed and windmill
blown over; William Delbridge
and Harry Delbridges' windmills
over,
Damages In Stephen
The barn of George Scott near
Shipka was completelyderno.
lished while the following had
their barns unroofed; Jos. Law-
son, Jos. Amy, Thos. Mawhin,
ney, Chris Dinney, Peter Mar-
tine, Chris. Hoist, John Geiser,
John Fahner, Barney Brown Jr.,
Eli King, Levi Stahls, John Hirt-
zel, Jas, McKeever, John Mad,
den, Richard O'Rourke, Levi
Hamacher, Angus McDonald,
Angus Moore, Reuben Goetz,
Samuel Miller, Wilfred Lafong,
Charles Willed; Richard Baker,
Mr. Northcott, Hay, Jacob Zeller,
Thos, Rowland, Harry Hamilton,
Jos. Sharrow, Mrs. Johnston.
Damaged barns—Jacob Weber,
Mark Wilds, Stephen Webb,
John Taylor, Do]ph Desjardine,
Jacob Wein, Fred Stunt, C. WU-
lert, Jelin Kuntz, Art Weber.
The .barn of the Dashwood
Flax Co. was completely demo -
Balled and a lot of material des-
troyed. The brick school house,
about a mile, and a half .west
of Dashwood 'Was made a total
Week,
The flax mill barn roof at Cre;
diton was taken off and the
smokestack blown down while
the gristmill was partly unroofed
and smokestack levelled. Sheds
at Fred Kerr's and Jos. Heist's
brickyards were blown down and
Mr. Kerr had a stack toppled
over. Fred Gaiser, Shipka, W. H.
Gaiser and Wesley Lamport,
Crediton, bad windmills turned
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50 YEARS AGO 44
Messrs. Williath Kydd: and. 'John
Heywood have been -awarded the
contract for the erection of the
new C a 11 a d 1 an Order Chosen
Friends' hall at Elimville Lo be
completed by August 1. • .
The twenty-fifth session of the
London Conference of the Metho-
dist Church will be held in
James Street Church ..commenc-
ing Thursday, June 4.
Exeter's' old . and. his t o ric
Orange Lodge was re -opened on
Thursday evening after many
months dormancy, .
A. G. Dyer, -Exttei's assessor,
has completed his round and
places the population at 1,606.
Dr, T. A. .Amos has sold his
medical practice to Dr. H. R.
Bright at Drayton, together with
his house and lot on Andrew
street,
N. D. and G. D. Hurdon have
accepted positions in Buffalo,
25 YEARS AGO
The congregation of the Dash-
wood Lutheran Church tendered
a rousing reception to their new
pastor, Rev. T, ,Luft and Mrs.
Luft.
Rev. J. H, Stainton, pastor of
James Street United Church, on
Saturday. recovered. his .auto
which two weeks previeusly had.
been stolen from the garage ad-
joining the ,parsonage.
Southcott Bros. have taken
over the flour and feed' business
of Mr, S. Davis.
Mrs, Robert Hicks, Wallace -
burg, was elected president of
the London Conference Branch
of the W,M.S. of the :United
Church at the convention in
Loridon.
Owen Geiger & Son, Hensel],
have their flax mill running
again and have IA men ernploy-
ed.
Mr. and Mrs. 'George Flynn,
Clandeboye,are moving to Ex-
eter, where fie. Flynn is section
man,
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15 YEARS AGO
The local ration board will this
week commence the distribution.
of coupons for sugar for can-
ning. The board decided to allot
10 pounds per person, which is
much below the average request
for 394 pounds, There were
9,000 applications.
For the first time in many
years, there will be no holiday
in Exeter on May 24.
Messrs. Ray Frayne, Norman
Hannigan, Ellis P ear c e and
Clarence Knight, all of whom
have joined the RCAF, left -Mon-
day for Manning Pool, Laehine,
Que.
Richard Etherington, wireless
operator, who has been on leave'
visiting his parents in Usborne,
was called for duty as Radio,.
Officer with. the Merchant Navy.
Miss Pearl Love, p ri m a r y
teacher at the Exeter Public
School, was found dead in her
home when she did not report
for work Thursday morning,
' 10 YEARS AGO •
Farquhar Oliver, Liberal lead-
er in Ontario, and Frank Fing-
land, K.C,, the Liberal candidate
in Huron, addressed a rally .111
the Exeter Arena on Wednesday.
evening,
The twenty-third annual meet.
ing of the London Conference
Branch of the United Church
was held in James Street Church
on Wednesday,
A new grandstand is being
erected at. the Exeter Recrea-
tional Park,
Messrs. B. W. Williams and
3. Hodgert shipped two carloads
of cattle containing 56 bead to
the 'Toronto market Monday and
received the higheet price ever
received during their years ef
shipping. For baby beef they
received .a little more thee, 190
per lb,
Exeter's entry in the Huron -
Perth Intermediate 13 a s e b all
League, will be guided by an
executive Of 18 businessmen,
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