The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-03-28, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MARCH 28th, 1935
INFANT PASSW
Donald Byron Purdy, age one year
and five day# son of Captain and Mrs
B. Purdy, of .Strathroy, passed away
on Friday, March 1.5 th,
Death occurred after two weeks of
pneumonia under the faithful and
untiring care of two graduate nurses,
formerly Exeter girls, Misses Alma
Winer and Helen -Ratcliffe, Mrs.
Purdy was formerly Miss Clara
Hutchinson also of’Exeter. Besides
the parents one brother Ramond Le
roy, survives.
Funeral services was conducted by
Brigadier Best, of London, in the
Salvation Army Citadel, 'Strathroy.
-with interment in Norwich cemetery
on Sunday March 17tn,
If the Problem is
Understood
Fall wheat is looking fine.* * *
“The glory of the spring, how sweet!
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Ever see so many empty mows and ecant grain bins?
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Now that spring has come Dobbin, the^driver, is on vacation.
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Patience—the quality that enables
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Those snowdrops!How like a good
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in a naughty world!
-One of the oldest riddles “Where
was Moses when the lights went -out”
is known to everyone, and the ans
wer, “In the dark,” is also univer
sally recognized, but is probable that
not many have paused to consider
what a complete answer it is. The
imaginary plight of Moses at that
embarrassing moment a thousand
years ago is the permanent condi
tion of a man who loses hie sight.
When his ‘lights’’ go out, he is in the
dark, and there he stays, and the ap
peal to help him lighten that dark
ness is one which no person can re
sist.
Although there are approximately
eight thousand blind people living in
Canada, it is only a mere handful of
sighted Canadian who come in con
tact with .them frequently enough
to realize their number and the pe
culiar nature -of their problems. The
.average citizen sees a blind man
on the street once a month or so.
His interest and sympathy are mo
mentarily attracted (for it is hardly
possible for anyone witn sound vis
ion to pass a sightless individual
without experiencing a sense of un
easy sympathy) but the incident is
repeated at such infrequent intervals
that it leaves no permanent impres
sion. Most sighted Canadians are
not personally acquqnited with a'
blind man or woman, unless it be
some person of such advanced age
that it is looked upon as a matter of
course.
It is the business of the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind to
acquaint the public with the nature
and extent of the problems of the
blinds. The task of making provis
ion for the adult iblind has been fair
ly well understood for a great many
years by those who have actively in
terested themselves in the matter,
but it has always been a difficult
thing to arouse the public to take
any more than a passing interest in
the business. In recent years there
have been new developments in the
treatment and training of the blind,
but the main building .principles gov
erning the right attitudes of those
desiring to help, were laid down
years ago. Twenty-rive years ago a
writer on the subject said: “The
blind, whether educated for the
church, trained as teachers, music
ians, piano tuners or for any other
trade or occupation generally require
assistance at the outset. They need
help in finding suitable employment
-recommendations for establishing a
connection, pecuniary assistance in
providing outfit of books, t tools, in
struments, etc., help in the selection
and purchase of the best materials
at the lowest wholesale rate, in the
sale of their manufactured goods in
in the best markets, and if overtak
en by reverses, judicious and timely
help towards a fresh start. When a
man losses his sight in adult life, if
he can -possibly .follow the business
in which he has previously been en
gaged it is the best course for him.
In the present day work in manufac
tories is subdivided to such an extent
that often some one portion can foe
done by a blind person; but it needs
the interest of some enthusiastic be
liever in the capabilities of the blind
to persuade the seeing manager that
blind people can safely be employed
in factories.”
The -C. N. I. B. was inauguraed
and is being carried on by ladies and
gentlemen throughout -Canada who-
are possessed of that “enthusiastic
interest” which is not only required •
to persuade factory-managers^ but is
the moral force which gives the blind
courage to attempt to overcome the
great handicap with which they find
themselves burdened. The more the
people who attempt to understand
the problem of the blind, the greater
the light that feebly pentrates into
the lives of blind people. The Insti
tute feels that it has- the right to- ap
peal for the moral and physical sup
port of the -Canadian people in the
task upon which it us iconstantly em
ployed. t
Have you found that
early peas?
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nice sunny place for the lettuce and the
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St'. Marys is sharpening her
curfew law.
teeth for the enforcement of the
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Farmers’ live stock—Here’s
lots of grass.
hoping for an early spring and
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Dunlop-Clark
A pretty wedding was solemnized
on Monday at 3.30 p.m. at the home
of the bride’s mother, King street,
Thedford, when Martha Rose Mary,
elder daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Clark, and the late Hugh Clarke, wag
united in marriage to Joseph Clare
Dunlop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Dunlo.p, of Arkona. Rev. p. H. Law-
son, of the United Church, perform
ed the ceremony.
The youthful bride was charming
in an ankle length gown of challenge
blue lace with veil of tulle and a
bandeau of flowers, ’.'She carried,an
arm bouquet of snap dragons, and
was given in marriage by her elder
brother, George S. Clark.
Miss Mildred Dunlop, of Arkona,
sister of the groom, wearing a gown
of challenge blue crepe, with acces
sories in matching tone, was a charm
ing bridesmaid. The groom was
supported by Charles R. Clark, a
brother of the bride. Miss Bessie
Reid, attired in a j,«wn of black
transparent velvet with silver trim
mings, played the bridal chorus from
“Lohengrin.” During the signing
of the register, Miss Virinia Moore,
of Sihipka, wearing a gown of white
satin with trimmings of red velvet
sang, “I Love You Truly.”
The bride’s mother, Mrs. Clark,
wore' a gown of balck. crepe with
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SALADA TEA
SUFFERED INJURIES
Gordon nine-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. -Calvin Ball, while playing
fon the streets of St. Marys was
knocked down by a car driven by
Harris Fletcher, also of iSt. Marys.
Gordon received a bad gash on his
forehead, concussion and abrasions
to his face. He is 'recovering nicely.
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INJURED FROM FALL
Mr, Con, Eckart, of Seaforth,
while walking on the street slipped
on the icy pavement and fell strik
ing the back of his head with con
siderable force. At the time he did
not take it seriously but when the
pain increased he consulted a doc
tor and found that the muscles of
his neck and shoulder had been bad
ly strained and he was ordered to
bed for a time.
Let’s keep our heads and talk .good
a fine example.
The worst mistake
mizing with his seed.
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The influenza ha®
tacks have been severe.
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The story of those
bad reading.
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duet storms
Here's our sympathy.
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will. John Bull
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Hitler seems to be saying: “Give me what I want in the way
of an army and nayy and air force and, I’ll not consult the rest of
the world about colonies or territory or anything else in the world!”
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May we be saved from the horrors of a sensational press and
a sensational radio and a sensational pulpit! Why should people
who are honestly trying to get on with the day’s work be told every
hour or so that war may be looked for any minute?
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O happy is the man who hears
.The garden’s wooing voice;
And makes a useful garden rake
His early springtime choice.
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REFRESHING
In days when,men in high places and who should know better
than to utter themselves as they .do are telling us that we should
be ashamed to call ourselves Englishmen, or (Scotchmen, or Irish
men, or Frenchmen, or Italians, it does one’s soul good to read the
following words foy the late Cardinal Bourne, one of the most en
lightened and useful men of his day:
“Love of country is a sacred thing given to us by God Himself.
There are people who would sweep away nations altogether; inter
nationalism is the thing they are striving after. It is a theory con
demned by the laws of Christianity and also by the natural law.
Nations always will exist.”
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THE CAUSE
A good deal of comment is being made regarding the number
of country ministers who have passed on during the last two or
three years. The cause of these deaths is not hard to see. These
men have been carrying burdens heavy away beyond anything that
the average man knows anything about. For one thing, there has
been the call of the west. Ministers have shared their pitifully
little income with western brethren to a degree that only the Judge
ment Day will reveal Further, these men’s salaries have been re
duced shamefully and in instance after instance they do not get the
pittance promised them with anything like regularity, if they get it
at all. Along with this has gone the appeal made to them for gen
eral poor relief. The parsonage and- the rectory and the manse
are still the places where the indigent realizes that he can make
his successful appeal. Amidst all this, the ministei’ must keep up
appearances or become the subject of discussion at every tea party
and in every blacksmith shop. Along with this goes an amount of
henpecking annoyance that drives any self-respecting man to dis
traction, because for the minister there is no shelter from the strife
of tongues. The constant pounding on his heart destroys him.
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CHARWOMAN UNHURT
AFTER EVENTFUL FALL
WASHINGTON—Lillian Lockwood
200-pound charwoman, fell from a
second floor window, crashed thro’
trimmings of white, and shoulderet-(a sky-light, dropped 25 feet, landed
on a girl stenographer in an office
and picking herself up said:
“Well, I swan.”
With her came a flower pot and
a shower of broken glacs, all of which
including the charwoman fell on
Miss Gussie iSwartz, a'stenographer,
who was sitting before a desk. The
desk was broken, the typewriter was
smashed and Miss Swratz was taken
to a hospital suffering from shock.
te of spring flowers, while the
groom’s mother, Mrs. Dunlop, chose
royal blue crepe for her frock, and
also wore a shoulaerette of spring
flowers.
Immediately following the cere
mony a dainty buffet refreshments
were served to twenty guests by Miss
Myrtle Clark sister of the bride, who
wore yellow -crepe, and Miss Bessie
Reid, and were assisted by Bert
Weatherdon, of Forest. The dining
room was decorated in St. Patrick’s
colors, and spring flowers were used
throughout the house.
For travelling the bride chose a
dainty frock of two-tone brown sa
tin, wth coat of brown wool crepe,
hat and accessories to match.
The couple left on a honeymoon
trip to Detroit. On their return Mr.
and Mrs. Dunlop will reside on the
groom’s farm near Arkona.
Many a woman whose face was
her fortune has a daughter who re
lies on her bathing- suit.
BURIED AT SEAFORTH
Miss Mararet McKay, of Schuma-
’ker, -Ont., daughter of Mr. W. J. Mc
Kay, died recently aged 20 years.
Miss MacKay had been a student in
domestic science at Kemptville and
from a slight infection in her face
blood poisoning set in and she pass
ed away one week later. Her father
and one brother William, Toronto,
University survive. The remains
were brought to Seaforth for inter
ment where she was laid to rest .be
side her mother who predeceased
her about eleven months ago.
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FITNESS
WHY THIS DELAY
Every day we hear of the frightful dust storms that are devas
tating millions of acres in tlie western States. People usually well-
informed tell us that this windswept area is creeping steadily north
ward menacing some of the finest farming areas in this Dominion.
But this is not by any means the worst of the present situation as
regards soil-conservation. Men with fairly good memories tell us
that the snow of Ontario, never was more earth-laden than was the
snow of the winter that has juH passed into history. In other
wordis, the winds of Old Ontario are gathering up the most fertile
earth of the fields and carrying that earth where it is little needed.
Streams that ran with clear water other years are running these
latei- years laden with the most valuable soil Ontario knows anything
aboht. All this is due to the treeless condition of thousands of
acres of Ontario land. There is no doubt in the world but things
in this line are growing steadily worse in Ontario, to the loss of
the whole province. Men in middle life may yet see dust storms
the commonplace of the (Ontario farmer. Why then, the delay the
work of reforesting? Here and there one comes across a farmer
Who is doing his bit in this good work1 of tree-planting, but, for the
most part, as far as effective re-foresting is concerned, councils
both township and county, and governments both provincial and
federal, are sticking their heads in the sand meanwhile allowing
opportunities for provincial betterment to go unimproved. No field
can be kept even at its present stage of fertility If every fall and
Spring and winter sees tons and tons of its best fertility blown into1
the lake and the swamp. Caring for 'Ontario soil is a far more
pressing economic necessity than the development of her gold
mines.
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