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editorials
This, newspaper believes the
right to express en opinion in
public contributes to the pro-
gress of the nation and. thaw it
must be exercised freely .te, pt•c-
serve and improve democratic
government.
Effective Planning
Town council and. Exeter citizens are indebted
to the faculty and students of the geography depart--
nient of University of Western Ontario for the con-
tribution they have made toward establishing a com-
munity plan,.
It is apparent that the initial survey under-
taken and completed by the department has required
considerable time and effort. This will provide the
towwn with an excellent base from which to establish
zones, •
Exeter is fortunate in that its growth to date
has been fairly orderly. We should protect the good
start by bylaw,
This newspaper urges council, albeit already
burdened with special projects this year, to get tl.iS .
planning program started now.
It is imperative because of the apparent scare,
sty of building lots which will undoubtedly encourage
solve to •go beyond present boundaries soon.
With . all of the governnzeiit and university
assistance available, it would appear that the task
should• not be as difficult as it might seem.
It's Safer Here
A writer in the Calgary Herald recently ex-
posed the sham bargains offered in those rnaii order
catalogues sent out by firms who pose as 7wwrhole-
sellers. Supposedly, the catalogues offer merchandise
at half the retail cost.
Dick Snell, of the Herald, writes: "With some
legitimate savings on nationally advertised products
included to catch the buyers' eyes, the promoters are
employing the phony price tag pitch in watches, dia-
monds and jewellery. An investigation by the Herald
shows the `super-duper, special to yuu, wholesale
price' quoted is the same or sometimes higher than
the regular prices of the same or similar goods .in
local stores.". "
As an example, Snell found one watch, adver-
tised at a retail price of $90 but available to the re-
cipient of the catalogue for half that amount, was
selling for less than $40 in local stores.
" It proves again you're safer to buy at home
where you., know your merchant.
Too Many Groups
"Too many organizations is a cry we have
heard for some ,years nowkand the 'fact that Ws so is
going to start t� 'have its -'gay -off. before many more
years pass by," the St. Marys Journal -Argus suggests.
•"There are only so many capable leaders
among every group of people and once these leaders
have taken their turns in the offices of the various
organizations there are very few left who are cap-
able of shouldering the responsibilities of leadership.
The result is that the organization starts to suffer,
withers, and will eventually have to `fold up' unless
new leadership can be brought in, or old leaders are
willing .to take over for 'a 'second round'.
"The pity of it all is that -really worthwhile organ-
izations suffer because of this shortage of leader-
ship, and municipal boards and councils suffer the
most. There is a general paucity Of people willing to
take office on the various public boards and councils
because se many people have their spare time all tied
up `playing' at executive jobs in organizations which
are unproductive as far as community welfare and
progress. are concerned," the St. Marys paper states,
Kinsmen Humor
We like this gem from Exeter Kinsmen's bul-
letin "Kintox":
A young mother, peeping in at the nursery
door, saw her husband standing over the baby's crib.
She watched hint silently as he stood looking down
at the sleeping infant. In his face, she read rapture,
admiration, ecstacy, wonder.
Touched, she tip -toed over and slipped her
arms around him. "A penny for your.thoughts," she
whispered.
"For the life of me," he blurted, "1 don't see
how anybody 'can make a erib like that for $3.49."
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"There goes Parsons changing hobbies again :'
1 quit I give up. I know when
I'm licked. All winter I've been
calling Florida -bound f r i e n d s
"cowards." All winter I've
scoffed when Hcy wife has told
Die to wear gloves and a hat.
That's all over. I have had it.
Illy tail between my legs and
I'm whimpering.
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I don't know what it's like in
.our part of this deepfreeze
semi -hemisphere, but it's prac-
tically frightening around here.
Already we've had more than
9 feet of snow on the level, 18
in the drifts and corners, The
mercury keeps diving below zero
like a nervouswalrus.
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Up to Christmas, winter is
sort of fun. Then there's New
'Year's and gaiety and hockey
games• and bridge parties. First
thing you know, you're halfway
through January and you figure
the back of the winter is practi-
cally broken. About six weeks
later, you discover it's your own
back. Around the middle of Feb-
ruary, you filially realize that
winter is just getting under way.
It's right about then your spirit
starts to czurnble, your body be-
gins to come apart at the seams.
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Even at that, I was keeping
a stiff upper lip (there wasn't
much choice, with my nose run-
ning all the time), until this
week. Then I caught the 'flu.
There's nothing like a touch of
the good. old February 'flu to
turn a red-blooded Canadian
malg.•.into' a red -eyed, cowardly
glob of self-pity., ,
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But I've had the 'flu before,
and have always tottered through
it without losing, a day's work,
losing nothing, in fact, except
the affection of Hcy family, the
tolerance of niy friends, and the
respect of anyone I came in con-
tact. with.
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So T figured I could stagger
through another dose of it,
wheeze my way as far as the
first of March, blow and cough
and sweat my way through April,
and greet once again the first
green grass with a joyous paean.
The 'flu, however, was only a
sample. I got the full February
treatment. And that is why 1
wish I was 70 years old and had
a paid-up annuity like those
birds in the magazine. ads, and
was sitting stupidly in the sun
somewhere, holding hands with
Mother.
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In brief. Got up early garbage
morning, so wouldn't miss the
truck. House felt chilly. Checked
thermometer. It read 42. Held
hand over register. Hand turned
blue. Went to cellar, Stoker fan
whirred noisily, Opened furnace
door. Fire out.
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Night before, h a d thrown
stoker out of gear for an hour,
to burn excesscoal piling up in
furnace. Then threw it back into
gear, .so" coal would resume feed-
ing, Apparently miscued putting
it back in gear. Result, no coal,
no fire. Spent 30 minutes, kneel-
ing among clinkers, scraping
dead coal and ashes out of black
maw of furnace with handy
saucepan wife's been missing all
winter:
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Finally got furnace started,
with aid of muffled shouts from
upstairs: Took out. garbage. Saw
garbage truek turning corner
three blocks past, Put garbage
back in shed. Wife hollered down
to learn temperature in kitchen
Sugar
AND
Spice-
Dispensed By BILL. SMILEY
and issue orders re milk bottles
and money. Cursed softly. Step-
ped in pup's puddle in stocking
feet, Cursed louder.
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Left for work forgetting milk
bottles. Perceived porch roof
sagging ominously from weight
of ice, F'erceived entire path,
shrivelled last night, filled in 12
inches deep. Trudged through it
Perceived ticket on car for leav-
ing it on street all night. Tore
off ticket in rage.. With it came
rubber off windshield wiper, to
which it was frozen. Couldn't get
car started. Walked eight blocks
to work in eight inches soft snow
in toe rubbers as boots left at
office yesterday before 'flu hit.
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Arrived at office with gravel
throat, aching bones, running
eyes, black mind and bleak soul.
Sorted mail: 2 insurance premi-
ums and 1 car payment due;
wonderful chance to subscribe to
Maclean's at low -low rate; card
from fiend friend in Florida,
Phone rang. Lardy wanted free
publicity for church supper.
Brow -beat me. Fled to coffee
shop. Fellow on net stool blast-
ed me for last editorial. Fled
back to .office wishing had gun
or cyanide crystal in desk draw-
er, Phone rang, Wife calling me
to tell me furnace out,
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And that's a typical February
day in this • beknighted country,
If it wasn't. for Kim's birthday
party, corning up next week, I'd
head out of here in a beeline for
Mexico without even stopping to
turn down the thermostat.
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News Of Your
LIBRARY
By MRS. J.M.S.
Parents of young children
should not miss reading a book
written by "Miss 'Frances" of
Ding Dong" School fame who is
really Dr, Frances Horwich, an
acknowledged authority in the
field 'of early childhood educa-
tion.
Have Fun With Your Children
This books gives a new ap-
proach. to guiding tots through
their important formative years
—the ones before school begins
and the early ones in the class-
room. Here are pointers on how
to handle such .troublesome fain-
ily problems as the first hair-
cut, the first day of school, spe-
cial days and holidays—plus a
way of understanding children
that can lead to increased hap-
piness for the entire fancily.
Written in a very informal
style this how-to hook for par-
ents emphasizes getting all the
natural joy everyone wants out
of living with youngsters and
helping then develop.
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A new book at your library
for teenagers but one, which
adults would enjoy reading too,
is:
Exploring Chemistry
This book is written by Itoy
A. Gallant who has written sev-
eral books iii this series: Ex-
ploring Mars, Exploring the Sun,
Exploring the Weather and Ex-
ploring the Universe.
This book explains the begin.
»irigs of chemistry through the
control of fire, thebaking of
clay, the discovery of bronze as
Jottings By MS..
Dc.sh.o. d: Garden er
returns To Gerrnany
Many of the residents of Dash.
wood and vicinity will remem-t
ber the late Adolph Morenz who
1920 made a trip to his na-
tive Gerinan). l.lr. Morenz Was
a lover of flowers :and his flower
and vegetable ,garden on the
west side of the village was a1-
ways a beautiful show place.
Mr. Morenz spent three months
in Germany and on his return
be displayeda number of in.
Wresting articles at The 'rimes -
Advocate and told an interesting
story of his trip overseas.
Mr. Idorenz crossed the Atlan-
tic on a British boat and on his
return he came back on a Ger-
man liner. He was the oldest man
on hoard and became quite inti-
mate with the captain. 1 -le en-
joyed the trip both ways and
was not ser sick at any time. it
was considerably different to
the trip he made to Canada
many years ago.
Mr.Morenz found w rconditions
vastly changed in his native land
although he was surprised to
find that most of the farmers
still gathered grain with the
cradle. There were no fences di-
viding the farms, the field
crops being sown in long stret-
ches. Farm labor was plentiful
and paid at the rate of about
$15.00 a month while girls re-
ceived from six to eight dollars.
Mr. Morenz had a brick of
pressed eoal a little bigger than
half the size of an ordinary
brick. The brick would equal
two or three sticks of wood. Ile
also had a pair of slippers that
cost hint 248 in our money, He
had a leather purse that cost
Nina 25c and contained the Ger-.
,
man .coins they in cii't:nlatien.
One of the things that lni-
pressed Mr. Morenz was the tre•
rendoes consumption of beer
by the big majority of the Ger•
man people. A German beer
glass contained about a ctuart of
lictuict and Mr. Morenz was sur-
prised .to see a German smoking
a leng pipe and at the same
time drinking beer. He never
took the pipe from his mouth as
he quaffed .off two quarts of beer
with evident satisfaction.
On board the boat the Ger-
mans never touched puddings,
preferring meats and vegetables.
Mr. Morenz brought home a
loaf of bread, considerable
heavier than an ordinary' bread
and the loaf would last about a
week. 1 -ie also had many pictures
of cathedrals and castles. Few
people, lie said, go to church.
Mr. Morenz had several bro-
thers ,and sisters and he brought
back pictures of their families.
The sad part of parting with his
relatives was that he never ex-
pected to see then again. Mr,
Morenz had a son that fought
with the English army while his
sister's son - was an officer in
the German army. He had pic-
tures of both of them,
Feeling was not too kindly be-
tween the Germans and the Ame-
rieans or•the Canadians although
Mr. Morenz was hailed by his
relatives as the rich uncle from
Canada. He bought a suit of
clothes there for which lie paid
.$16.00. Germany, in territory, is
about the size of the province of
Alberta and at that time had a
population of about 62,000,000
people. Alberta was about three-
quarters of a million,
As the
"TIMES"
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Go By
50 YEARS AGO
At a meeting of the Official
Board of Centralia Methodist
church Rev. W. H, Butt was una-
nimously invited to remain a
third year. Andrew Butt was
also recommended as a candi-
date for the ministry.
At a large: public meeting in
the Town Hall the citizens ex-
pressed themselves in favor of
granting $10,000 to the St. Marys
and Western Ontario Railway
Company to build in Exeter,
Mr. Jos. Brenner, Grand Bend,
lost his ,dogs by poisoning last
• week:
The winners at the carnival
Friday night were: ladies cos-
tume, Florence Anderson, girls'
costume Lula Martin; gents'
Gordon Taylor; comic, Herman
Dayman; open race, Edward An-
derson,
Miss' Carrie Dyer, Miss Carrie
Knight, Miss A. Morlock, Miss
M. Gould and Miss May Arm-
strong left for Toronto to attend
the millinery openings.
W. J. Statham has torn down
the verandah at the front of his
store and will put in plate glass
windows.
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25 YEARS AGO
Jack Frost took a terrible wal-
lop at this community last week
and took the mercury for a ride
to the lowest depths of the ther•-
mometer ever recorded in this
community.
The Wingham b u s which
makes daily trips through Exeter
an alloy and the discovery of
glass.
Then tame the new theory on
chemistry and the breakdown of
substances into their component
parts which leads eventually to
the Atomic Age.
From the book we quote: "In
the past hundred. years we have
come to depend on chemists so
strongly that without them our
lives would be drastically
changed. If chemists were sud-
denly taken out of our lives,
most of our industrial machinery
tvoulcl grind to a stop and para-
lyse our economy."
Check with your librarian for
your reading requirements,
Considering its age this is a,
mighty fast old world.
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A great many Hien shiver in
the cold just because they
imagined they had the fire of
genius:
:fa
to London has been unable to
make the trip for several days,
Clarence Boyle, who for the
past five years has been em-
ployed with Southcott Bros., left
this week for London where he
has secured a position with the
Supersilk Hosiery Company.
Hogarth Baby Chick Hatchery
gave a banquet to flock owners
who supply the hatchery with
hatching eggs.
Mrs. Alvin Cooper, Elimville,
a recent bride, was presented
with a shower when about 50
ladies gathered at the home of
Mrs, Harry Murch,
The orchestra of Main Street
United church under the leader-
ship of William Geddes and the
quartette, Miss Pearl W o o d,
Francis Abbott, Cyril Strange
and Rev, A. E. Elliott took part
in an entertainment in Hensall.
. 15 YEARS AGO
The large Kalbfleisch planing
mill,. Zurich, was entirely wiped
out by fire also larges piles of
lumber on Wednesday night.
The burning of the mortgage
and liquidation of the debt of
the new Legion Hall was the oc-
casion for a banquet and enter-
tainment of the ladies Monday'
evening.
Carey Joynt, Hensall, won first
prize as a baritone soloist at the
Kiwanis Musical Festival, Tor-
onto.
Exeter's sixth blood clinic on
Wednesday totalled 97 donors.
Two Centralia farmers, Mr.
E. Dixon and Mr. J. L. Hotson
were awarded British Empire
medals at No. 9 S,F',T.S, for
their heroic action in September
1942 'in rescuing a student -pilot
from a burning plane which
crashed on a burning farm.
Mr. and Mrs, Ed Maier of
Dashwood received a cable say-
ing their son Harold had been
wounded in Iitaly.
10 YEARS AGO
A modern show room and ware
house for the handling of Mas
sey Harris implements will be
built on. Station Street, Mr. 1.1. R.
Sherwood is erecting the build
in Mr. and Mrs. Herman Powe,
Stephen •Township have moved
into the residence they recently
purchased. from A. Proctor, San-
ders St.,
Mr. Norm Hockey is complet-
ing his 31st year of barbering hi.
his present location,
Mr. and Mrs. L. J, Penhale
arrived safely in Sydney, Aus-
tralia, January 22.
Reeve ,Hugh and Mrs. Berry
of Usborne are spending a month
at Daytona Beach, Florida, .
Mr, ,and Mrs. A. E. Wuerth
turned home Sunday after a trip
to California;
0 ISM, Kuhr re tufo 5yi dint., ifj"d.,"wotld rights tei'ewei,
this k the stunted head roonil"
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