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THURSD.,, NOVEMBER, 27th, 1947
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PHIL OSWER OF LAZY MEADOWS
.1Py Ilaery J: Boyds
THE INDISPENSABLE TELE FIONE
Jim Allan, out nearthe Village on
co the Concession, felled at •tree across
IT IIT TO OTTAWAruling of the„ Ontario Milk Board the
farmer is to get 1.375 cents, the dis-
tributor .625 cents, while the consumer
against the conditions under which gets the ha-ha.
o 0 v
they are asked to carry oft production This ,year there is a period of two
a'.ould not fall on deaf ears -at Ottawa.
y weeks between the municipal nomin-
The Government has .committed Canada a"tious and polling. It is probably a
to the supplying of immense quantities
Britain, and these cuafamit- good idea, giving the voters au extra
of food to Br 4 week to figure. out whom they are
matelots should be met.
This e;inllut•be 'suing to vote for.
done unless the producers are able to e x
obtain • feed grains at prices that will
to continue pt c)ductioii: f I•;Ittty of diamonds into Canada is
allow themprohibited under the new ,austerity
.According to speakers tit the protest
regulations. This will not be to She
meeting held at Clinton this week, l k, f prospective fire brides but the
supplies of feed grain have been held
at high prices since the ceilings were
,the telephone lines last Saturday even-
ing. It knocked down It couple of
poled and of course it put the, whop
,circuit out of business for quite a
while. It just SO happened that the,
linesmen were working ou the other
aide . of the village and couldn't get at
the break uutil they finished up the
first one.
We were without telephone serVice
all day Sunday. It...was•.._reatll,y ._a1Uit
an experience. A telephone is like a
lot of the things Haat we' take for
granted until we have to get along
without them. \\'heli you want to
snake a call you just go and call . . . •
that is, if you can get the line . .
and- most tires'' .y ou enjoy "listening
in" on the conversation anyhow..
Sunday morning 1 remembered that
Jim E1liot� + had borrowed iny eel of
single harness. !Figuring on saving
hila a trip out to Lazy Meadows, Ithere, Charles, of Youngstown, Ohio,
tried 'to call •hint to say that I would and Allen, Controller of- the' Yukon,
pick it up froul hlsti at church. The at Dawson City, and two sisters, Mrs.
line ' was •.eourpletely dead . . . not a. 1I. T: Rogers (I3htiiche) , of Alrn Arbor,
single sound could you hear. , It was Mich., and Mrs. J. .A. Fairley (Ade-.
*1 t • • ',Wide) , of Vancouver, . B.C.
H R$ °.r AY, NOW311113 1047
MISS LAUUN• 1A, �7111.a''4.'lli*$1L a •
After an illness off ,several .months
Miss Laura Ma'y Jeckell passed away
on BtIonday', �;uvem) er l7t&a, at ,her
hone in Exeter. Miss Jeckell was the
youngest daughter of the late Wiliam
Jeckell and Essy Case Jeckell. .Her,
grandfather, .- Thomas Vase, - wa ' nate
of the earliest settlers of the 'Huron
tract, coming to the Londi n road and
settling on a farina in 1S36. Two years
later his son 176'i11iat14, grandfather of
Miss Jeckell, returned to Ireland and
brought back with hire a bride, and
in time the Case and Jeckell families
formed a little . community in the
vicinity of what'4was •theu Itogerville.
Miss Jeckell attended the Goderich
-Collegiate Institute and 'later taught
school at Dashwood and for eleven
years was ou the High School staff of
Uxbridge. In -1922 the Jeckells sold
their farm north of Exeter and Miss
Jeckell and he} oldest brother, James,
moved to Exeter to reside. Jaalles died
a few years later and two other bro-
'thers,. William and ltodeu, and a sister,
Mrs. Bowe, of Toronto,. also pre-
deceased her. , Surviving are two bro-
CO E ITION To o
By LeiRoy U Brown, / g icultL i
Relic sen tttivct for POOP
The three nwenab.ers of the Eturotk
county judging team, Dick Leggett Of
Blyth, Ed. Miller o2 Exeter and Harry
Dougall of Exeter; participated in the
inter -.tenet" jugging eonipetitioai which
was held on Monday, November 17, at
the Royal Winter Fair. Twenty-nine
county teams took part in this coinpeti-
tion and the team from Ilurc�r1 county
stood thirteenth. In individual stand-
ing Dick Leggett,. of Blyth, tied for
fourteenth plaice in the group of `eighty-
seven boys. The regulations of this
judging gowpetitiou, sponsored by the
Provincial Department of Agriculture,
specify.-thatt.e.at:h buy, shun judge ten
classes of livestock, two of"ita�ry cat-
tle," twu. of beef cattL,l two of horses,
two of swine and two of sheep, and
give oral reasons on all classes judged.
l'reviaus to the ,final competition, the
boys had judged and discussed ap-
proximately eighty- classes of live-
stock, as part of -the coaching in pre-
paration fur this senior competition.
Ou . Saturday Morning, November
22nd, forty-four.young men and women,
representing -the Blyth, Clinton and
South Iitlrun Junior Farmers and
Junior •laistitute Clubs, motored to
Toronto by chartered bus, to be guests
of the Royal Winter, Fair _Board at
the big winter agricultural show. All
the members of this group received
coml)pli11a11tau•y tickets front' the flair
1 "lag U 1) '�) `+ almost frig 1 E um,.
)r))s )eet1-ve bridegrooms may not object Mrs. 1'Iiil tried to call her 'mother. For
ihE'1)t'iitii liale aledve gienllt) a5sparin -
1 1 d I• It' is to ,'1'his happened when I ryas zit the barn. ly 1
I,r bre a ..a „ J 'ck 11 and no hatter what
removed. • If it is - considered inadvis-
able
nadr is brought to that
able to reimpose ceilings the (=o\tr11 romances.
ment could by subsidy provide the
ded relief.• \\'e cute that several new'sp'apers ru
circumstances - the cr e1
In ordinary
farmers of Western Ontario would not meth to make Remembrance' Day a For the first time in years I noticed
ask for. Government relief from a so that there may be a uniform there were 'no- telephone rings.Ordiu-
holiday,
shortage such as at present exists, but observance across Canada. There are .aril" w•e never notice the phone unless
the Goverl erat in contracting to sup- 1t rings two longs aild three shorts.
ply food ,Q B;) itain. has placed itself
under oblieatiltn to see that within
the limits of possibility the necessary
production to fulfill those contracts can
be carried. on.
`- to the retie, thus abut ec . 1:
. ,• 1•f• st Hume she \r tas in a state late _\Ii.. c e .
be hoped it will not blight any ,r Board admitting them to the grounds
_ 1of • a�,ittatiutl. A letter ou Saturday she undertook she ,tuaa� and 4.0 tire afternoon hyrse show in the
ftetlioult held said her itivalter crus talc gaud judgment and splendid' 7'�1Ti splendid --
Mists -pit': The grogp returned ,by
.. Tunes-
-
bus late. Saturday night.
y to make certain that Advocate in its obituary de tr to Shorthorn Breeders to Meet
\Ic�1n1)ers of the Perth-Iluron Short -
hens Club are lilaulning a very com-
plete program. for their annual Meeting,
w•liich will be held at Clinton nil'„\Ved-
uesday, December 10th. .1h the' morn-
ing the .directors will meet in .the
hoard room of the agricultural office,
to complete certain business of the
year, and at noon all the nienibers•and
their wives will enjoy a banquet in the
dining -room of the Clinton Hotel. Mr.
Alfred Hales, prominent business man
from Guelph, will be the after-dinner
speaker, and in the. afternoon Profes-
sor George E. Day, of Guelph, and Mr.
Harold White, secretary of the Can-
adian Shorthorn Breeders' Association,
will:address the general meeting in the
agricultural office.
a
m ' nut feeling very well and she was asked leadership, soya • The Exeter 1 a
••111 1)11 s dal Ilotice One
important position that was
her heart was that of secretary -treas-
urer of the Exeter Public Library, a
Position she has held for Malay years.
She was also a. member' of the Iluron
County Library Association. During
the years of the war she was president
of the Exeter District Red Cross, an
organization that aid such splendid
work. She was a nmeutber, of the com-
mittee that welcomed the boys back
from the war and. what few people
knew, she • was a member,' of the
vigilante committee that did such
splendid work in tracking down rumors
that were proving a detriment to some
-of our citizens. •
As a member of Caven Presbyterian
church she served her church well and
was active in the various organizations.
She was ,a member :of the choir .and
prior to her illness was superintendent
of - the Sunday school. She was a
member.. of the executive of . Huron
Presbyterial and .a past president and
for twelve years was secretary* for
Itomeniakers. She Was a past , presi-
II„
of the Hurondale Women's Insti-
tute and at one time was a member of
the Iluron County Mothers' Allowance
Board.
During the wail. Miss Jeckell cpm -
piled two books of, the activities carried
en in Exeter and of those who joined
the forces to serve their country. These
c she has presented to the Exeter library.
some weeks ago has turned out to be For service -to the community -Exeter
the psis for-a--piseater-Y - t 1d -When-.- e4n mow' her equal, yet she was
et) •"thing was all right. We -tt -our
lire calling upon the Federal Govern- l,rvaktast in "•silence.
MUST TAKE OUR 1VIEDICINE
Huihan nature being what .it is; it
was to be expected there would be
complaints about the steps .taken by
Government to restore a safe balance
of trade between Canada and the
United States. From various quarters
come protests that certain trades or
industries are being hurt. Of course
they—or some of them—are being hurt.
Their protests sound like those of the
child who struggles against taking
unpleasant medicine that is ,going to
cure him of a dangerous illness. The
-remedies employed by the Government
to rectify the trade situation are
drastic, but the more severe the more
quickly _should they be effective. -
If the process of recovery is long
drawn out, there will be the temptation
to establish industries in Canada
which will not be able to weather the
competitive conditions that will event-
ually return. This is a peril that
should not be absent from the minds
of the people most directly concerned.
The Gene'a treaties that. are to come
into effect later. on are calculated to
bring healthier. conditions of trade
throughout a considerable part of the
world, and • the temporary nature of
the ,present restrictions should not
be forgotten.
limits to what a Government can do
in compelling people to observe a
holiday. Remembrance Day is already
a statutory holiday, and if people do.
not choose to turn' -Tout to recall the
sacrifices of the .heroes of :war—which
they may do by- municipal arrange-
ment—there is not much honor to the
day in having it used far hunting or
fishing or other holiday recreation.
There are many who believe that the
stoppage of work and business for an
houi` or two on the anniversary of
Armistice Day is a more fitting and
significant observance of the day of
b thanholiday
Then it seems to register and we
answer . . and now and agaain,i, Mrs.
Phil will notice it tang say, "Two longs
and- a short . . . that's the Higgins
number. It's been ringing ,i•t day."
I; sually I can answer this• by pointing
out that Higgins is making up a load
of cattle to ship to Toronto and people
are probably calling him:
On Sunday we were actually lone-
some for the telephone. We even
started imagining, the things we should
de by telephone. I had promised to
let Tom Ston know about the six
weanling pigs; and Mrs. Phil remem-
bered having to call Mrs. 'Patterson
about the meeting of the Women's
Institute. -
Even after going to church and
special remembrance
a 0 i Y , realizing that the telephone. would be
spent by the great majority in the i fixed soon . . . we- were still bothered.
way holidays are usually spent. •. Finally about 7 o'clock a ring came
* . . • , through. fir's. Phil tried to get the
Lord Beaverbrook's paper, The Ex- line for -two hours after that and
it was always busy . but that didn't
press, published in Loltdon, gives• bother her nearly asuluch as When it
Canada credit for her efforts to. aid , was - silent. .
ABOLISH THE SALES TAX
The Sales Tax Repeal Association
has issued another blast against an
Britain and Western' Europe in their LIVE FISH TRANSPLANTED
present straits. The Express is quoted . A routine fishing trip atGoderich
as follows :-
"Immediate-. cause' :of. -.'Canada's
austerity measures was a drop in
reserve of dollars of $745,000,000.
.. Since the war Canada has
granted us and our neighbors
credits of nearly three times this
amount.
"In proportion to her resources,
'Canada has done more than any
country in the world to try to get
Western Europe on its feet again
. The fact that it has so far
failed in its purpose is not the
fault of Canada.
The I• xxi'iress said that Canada's
bills to the United States "need
not 'have been so' heavy had
Canada been less anxious to help
us."
"Many of the goods she sold us
. . . could have been sold else -
Where -for dollars." •
Canadians are not' greedy for praise,
but there is satisfaction in knowing
that their efforts are recognized.
• impost which this column has frequent-
ly protested. Following is (in part)
LETTERS -TO THE EDITOR
the statement of the Sales Tax Repeal
Association : •
Taxes may .be levied so as to
encourage industry, increase pro -
Ar eltie Dobson, of the nigh -School
staff, returned home from the trip
armed with a catch of perch, he found
a number of the fish were still alive.
After a period of recuperation in the
Robson bathtub, the fish were handed
to Lloyd Morrison, also of the school
staff, who transferred them to the
school, where they continue to thrive,
quite happy in their role as living
models . for students in zoology.--Sea-
forth Expositor.
Editor The Signal -Star.
Dear Sir, -Ontario is a good place
to live in. Those of us who were born
duction, lower the eost of lir:mg. in Ontario and lived most, of our lives
For example, •a tax upon Vacant
land tends to force it into use. here will .agree, and visitors to our
The higher this tax, the 'greater beloved Province often speak this way.
the incentive to use .it and this
means more employment.
All taxes on production do the -
o`pposite.. -They increase the cost
of living and lower the demand
for the things produced. - If there
was no tax on 'buildings-, more
would be built—there would be no
scarcity of houses and they would
be kept in repair and there would
be no slams.
The majority of taxes are penal-
ties on industry and, increase the
cost of making ,and exchanging
things and such taxes retard pro-
- grecs and can destroy -civilization.
The worst of all taxes is the sales
'tax, for it is a penalty on exchange,
the very •basis of civilization.
When the sales tax is repealed,
it will lower - prices, reduce the
cost of living, increase buying,
power and relieve thesr€iilsvays so
that they will not require to in-
crease freight rates.
Despite the,efforts of the Govern-
ment to prevent it, the sales tax is
pyramided and while' the Govern-
ment tax is 8 per rent., the cost
In (Ontario in 1945 we had a general
election. Premier Drew and his fol-
lowTers gave the impression they wdiuld
try to make Ontario a good place in
which to live. Have they made good
by the placing of cocktail bars and
lounges and the licensing of . restaur-
aints to sell beer and wine in five of
our beautiful cities - of Ontario with-
out their consent?
Who was asking for the sale of
liquor? Did school boards, churches,
children's aid societies," women's insti-
tutes? Does the public wish school
'teachers, doctors, nurses ministers,
motorists and railway engineers to
drink? Listen to the community
'leaders who are in a position to know.
In- a town not far from here - four
doctors stood together an a pl )tform
and told --of the victims of accidents
j ci filch drunkenness ' sect Putt) their
obiter.
Is not the safegtzatrding of our boys
Land girls tit more- importances than, a
few dollars of . tourist money? The
youth of our land is our greatest asset.
Quebec. c. closed beer parlors for wo-
men. -Ontario retains thein. Is that
to the consumer is increased by ill the interests of Ontario .e
each turn -over frctlll nlanttfar•turer I Two 'busy highs ay s Pass; through
to wholesaler and then to the se- { I.ucknow. I;r not motor traffic suf-
tailer, and so, for every dollar tate tici)'ntly dangerous without., 'anixfng
alcohol, with gasoline? Accidents aro
chiefly due to carelessness, faulty
equipment or drinking or The love of
speed itself, yet the careful driver is
in danger too. He is at the mercy of
the plass-on-the-hill or the c.tit-in
mail -lees. Be careful, don't be too sure
of your own skillo A brandl jw car
looks swell on tke highway but is a
mess in a junk yard.
JOS. A.MALLOI'GII.
Lueknow.
KEEP IT AWAY FROM IIERE
( Zurich Herald)
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Dr. McTaggart, Roes and Wm. Jeclsell.
Miss Jeckell waS well known in Gode-
rich, particularly ii1 Presbyterian
church circles. Messages of sympathy
went to the bereaved relatives from the
W.M.S. of • Enox church and the Pres-
byterial W.M.S.
always of a quiet, .unassuming nature:
The funeral.service in Caven church,
on Wednesday afternoon of last week
was conducted, by Rev. Kenneth..Mac-
Lean, assisted by ; Rev . J. B. Rhodes
of Toronto, a former minister of the
church, who in his address paid a
beautiful and moving tribute to one
who spent her life in service to others.
The interment was in the Exeter ceme-
tery, the bearers being George W.
Hawkins, 'Benson Case, Wm. Sillery,
Goverllnien1 gets. the c(►nsumers
pay two or three.
The sales tax reduees the par-
chasing power of the dollar and
has much to do with ,the strikes of
labor for higher pay.
By its repeal all other more
legitiitiate revenue of the Govern-
ment will increase so as to more
than matte up for its discontinu-
ance.
We hope that, when the Minister of
Q l inante brings • in his next budget it
vlrillo include the announcement of the
Reid's Upholstery
- You will he proud of the Chesterfield, Chairs, etc.; that
we re -upholster or re-cover forjou. Choice of velour, frieze,
tapestry, - damask.- `+f utility coverings.
SEE US! . ' PRONE US! - WRITE US!
Phone 206J Pick-up and delivery
THE SQUARE . G•ODERICH
abol4tion of the obnoalous tax, or at ••Ilave you had it?" These words
least''mf is considerable reduction and are very common these days wyhen
we meet our friends and what does
it all mean? '"ell, a miserable
epidemic of gaatrie fever is making
its rounds. The ,patient tesnailly be-
comes very 111 and• nauseated en the
stomach; colnes very guiekly and aeto
like a demon with slurp pains, and
if it. attaebta you don't take any food,
noticing more than -water, and consult
pour physician at once, whir will Dive
Tris crvices 1f need be or will tell
you liow to treat the epidemic.' A.
gtromite of itis; rentire disappearance.
E XTO1 X■L NOTES
The wintry weather vJilit ita icy
°cid t7a1 takes us, bac% to childhood.
'ane Teasing to creep again.
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Oi the additional two cents, that
may ,.be cliatgedf for fYtillt ,under "tilt'
THERE IS MORE NOW
FOR HOME HOSPITALITY
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/1.4 for it either way .. both'
trade -marks mean the sathing.
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ENGLISH ,COUPLE LIKE CANADA
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Berger, natives
of England, who some weeks ago took
up farming in Ashfield township, are
liking it here yery much, and are re-
ceiving a kindly welcome in the Crewe
neighborhood, where they bought the
fifty -acre farm of Marvin Durnin..Mr.
I Berger served with the English army
in the Middle East zone of operations
and in Italy, and it was his associations
with Canadians --chiefly, airmen—that
decided him to try his fortune in this
Dominion. He found Canadians great
boosters ,for their, homeland, and his
short ,sojourn here has proved they
had really something to talk about.-=-
Lucknow Sentinel.
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What. You
Should Know
about
TRAVEL RATIONING
Why?
Canada's supply of U,S, dollars'v,iil no longer stretch fa,r
enough to permit all the purchases of goods and services
or all the travel, in the United States that has taken place
'in the past. • It is, the- efore,. necessary to .reduce our
expenditures . oft U.S. dollars in many different ways. As
one of these steps, the Government has decided that the
use of U.S. dollars for pipasure travel spending must be
reduced.:To ensure this reduction in .a way that is fair to
all, an annual "travel ration" has been established. As
in the past — a Form H .permit is required by Qny vie
taking out of •Canada more than $10 U.S. or more than
a total of $25 in Canadian 'and foreign currencies.
Plea: -sure ravel
a
•
Regulations now provide that the maximum amount of U.S. dollars
which any 'Canadian resident may obtain for pleasure travel. pur-
poses is $150 per year, In the case, --of children of eleven years and
under, the amount is $100. There is no restriction on the number of
trips as long as, this annual allotment is not e)tceeded. Any U.S.
dollars obtained for one trip and not used on that trip must be ,
• brought back to Canada and exchanged for 'Canadian dollars• at
a bank immediately on -return. No credit for these fundi cern be
allowed agcinse the •annual ration for subsequent trips.
Pert4(11010,101 s,hlra:tiCI'�, Oeg 'a: a Q141ve1:e1S
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canadlian tourist should ;ricmber that the new re,tractions cpply-
ing to imports from the United Slcies•govert his personal purchases
• there. He may not bring• back any merchandise which has now been
prohibited, or'which'mpy now only be imported on a quota lacsis.
The list of goods covered by the new import restrictions is an extensive
one. tourists contermplcting any particular purchase in the United
. States would be vise, before Ieavirsg the country; to ask Canadian
Customs Officials if this purchase will be adnyifted. -
Forfurther information reigarding funds for business travel,
travel for health or education, consult any bank, or the
FOREIGN 'EXCHANGE CONTROL BOARD
OTTAWA - ,
or its offices at '
MONTREAL, TORONTO, WINDSOR and VANCOUVER
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