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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-01-23, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Huron Presbyterial J n « . TUUKHIUSMITJI COUNCIL, JAXl'AItl' 23r<l, load delicious HUIIOLARSMIPS The first meeting of the Tucker­ smith Townshii> Council for 1936 was held in the Town Hull Heafvrth, on Monday, January 13th» All mem­ bers wwe present and took declar­ ation of office. Reeve W. R. Archi­ bald presided. After reading the minutes of last meeting and return­ ing officer’s statement of results of the nomination, the adopted by motion i Whitmore. Whitmore-Bell: and Clerki draft a procedure, suitable- for conducting the business of the council. Whitmore-Bell: That the Clerk order six copies of the Municipal World for use of the council and a cheque be issued therefor of $6.15. Whitmore-Bell: That John Earle be appointed Sanitary Inspector tor 1936 at a salary of 25c an hour and IOc a mile, one way, with a minimum charge of $1.00. That Edwin P, Chesney and Harold Crish be auditors of all books and accounts of the township for 1936 at a salary -of $22.50 each. Whitmore-Bell: That having re­ ceived the consent of the treasurer, Mr. Turner be requested to continue in office until April 1st. McKay-Whitmore: That by-law 1 to provide for the estimated penditure of $11,000 on roads follows: Road construction, Bridge cnostruction, $600; machin­ ery, $1,500; maintenance, $8,000; superintendence, $400; be passed and forwarded to Department of Highways. Bell-Gemmell; That the Collector be given an extension of time for collecting until the next meeting of the council. Mc-Kay-Gemmell: That Robt. Dal­ rymple be appointed Road Superin­ tendent for 1936 at a salary of 30c. an hour; R. Kennedy be weed in­ spector at a salary of 25c an hour, and W. P. Thompson, member of Board of Health for 193 6, Bell-McKay: That the appointment of an assessor be left open for appli­ cation until the next meeting of the council. Whitmore-Bell; That the present members of the Welfare Board, Jas. Allen, George Coleman and David Gemmell, be reappointed for 1936. McKay-Gemmell: That by-law No. 2 to borrow $15,000 from the Cana­ dian Bank of Commerce for current expenses be passed: inuary for several years sbytvrial of the W. M. B, sbyteriun Church in Can- dd its annuub d every year reusing. The > Xupsbyterian meeting in the attend- Clinton la- Chureh al­ ways extend a hearty welcome and give an appetizing dinner and if one .goes once she wants to go again. .Perhaps because it comes so soon after Christmas it always seems like a happy family reunion, Freuds meet who have known each other through the missionary work extending over many years. Newcomers are made to feel they too have- a .place and soon feel at home in the family. The meeting on Tuesday, January 14th, was quite in keeping with its many happy previous ones. Follow­ ing the singing of Psalm 19, the Scripture lesson by Mrs. Dugan, of Clinton, and prayer by Mrs. Albert Taylor, of Goderich, Mrs. Lane, of Goderich, president, in her "well chosen remarks, stressed the need of an expression of gratitude tor the members’ part in the extension of the Kindgom of -God. She said, “Youth faces a new world, bring the' young boys into mission work and ■educate them in the work of spread­ ing the gospel. Jesus spoke to the individual.” She told the story of a little child whose father was trying to read and hoping for a little peace gave the child a map of the world to put together, The father was sur­ prised at the rapidity of the child in piecing the map. “How did you do it so quickly ” he asked. “Oh! there was a man on the back, when I got him I got the world.” Mrs. (Lane gave three motives for the year: First, increase your under­ standing; second, make- use of the power of prayer; third, give means as God has prospered you. Rich fel­ lowship with Jesus Christ should be our objective so that our work may profit. Interesting reports were read by the various secretaries showing bet­ ter work in all departments. The Supply* Secretary, Miss McDonald,' Goderich, brought a very clear con­ ception of missionary work in North­ ern Ontario and Northern Alberta, when she read two intimate letters, one from Mrs. Bruce D. Marwick, of Cochrane, and one from Dr. Mar­ garet (Stang Savage, of Dixonville. Our daily work seems very meagre niter learning the multiplicity of the daily accomplishments of these cap- an’e women. The treasurer, Mrs, T. Swan Smith Seaforth, reported Huron had raised $3,474.49—$274.49 over the alloca­ tion-—the surplus being due partly to the Clinton W. M,. S. by the late Miss O’Neil, of Clinton. Mrs. Dunlop, of Goderich, gave a concise hut comprehensive summary of the year’s successful work, closing her remarks by saying, “Without Him nothing can be done; with Him all things are possible.” Mrs. Lawson, of Auburn, read the report of the Nominating Committee and Mrs. J. C. Greig, of Seaforth, in­ stalled the following officers for 1936: Honorary President, Mrs. H. Arn­ old, Hensail; president, Mrs. D. J. Lane, Goderich; Vice-Presidents, Mrs >G. Macdonald, -Clinton; Mrs. C. E. Dougan, Clinton; Mrs. F. R. Redditt, Goderich; Mrs. F. Sillery, Exeter; •Corresponding and Recording' Secre­ tary, Ms. H. C. Dunlop, Goderich; Treasurer, Mrs. T. S. Smith, Sea­ forth; Y. W. Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Young, Hensall; C.G.I.T. Secretary, Miss B. Campbell, Seaforth; Mission Band Secretary, Mrs. M. A. Reid, Seaforth; Home Helper's Secretary, Miss Jeckell, Exeter; Library and Literature Secretary, Miss Herring­ ton, Blyth; Welcome and Welfare Secretary, Mrs.. J. Bonthron, Hensall Glad Tidings Secretary, Mrs. E. Law- son, Auburn; Life Membership Sec­ retary, Mrs. Porterfield, Belgrave; Press Secretary, Mrs. Keith McLean, Seaforth. The Nominating Committee is Mrs. Mills, Blyth; Mrs, Porterfield, Belgrave, and Mrs. Axom, Clinton. Representatives to the provincial meeting in Ottawa will be Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Dunlop, of Goderich, and Mrs. Wm. Young, of Hensall, Sec­ tional meetings will be held shortly after the provincial meeting, Exeter, Hensall and (Seaforth meeting in Hensall; Goderich, Clinton and Bay- field meeting in Bayfield; Auburn, Blyth and Belgrave meeting togeth­ er. Appreciation of the work of the four retiring officers was expressed and special mention of the work of Mrs. II. Arnold, of Hensall. Mrs# Arnold was a member of the Pres- byterial in the early life of the For­ eign, Society and her work and in­ terest .has been continuous. Her in­ fluence has radiated throughout the Presbyterial and has been a source of strength. As Honorary President, } the Presbyterial Mrs. Arnold still executive. Mrs. Lane, of pointed to present report of tile nual meeting to the Presbytery. The afternoon meeting, which ened with a prayer by Mrs. S. Moore Gordon, of Exeter, closed with pray­ er by Mrs. Lane. In an is happy to have a member of the Goderich, was ap- an- op- Employer (engaging fourth typist within a month): How about punc­ tuation ? Typist (brightly): Oh, I’m always on time in the morning! . They used to talk about trial by newspaper; they now talk of trial by radio. Of the two evils, and both of them are serious, the former is the less to be dreaded1.■ * * * ’ ?i> * * * * The United 'States is spending a lot of money in accounting for . her getting into the World War. Would she not be wiser in doing her bit by removing from the world all causes and. occasions of .war?* ij> * * «s * * * Britain has told the world that she is prepared to do her full share of fighting the world’s battles but that she is like the ods in that she will not help nations that will not help themselves.******** We noticed the statement of a public man that $20.00 pei' week is too little to give a family for relief. We know a great many fanfilies who were raised in decency and efficiency who had no such weekly income. To mark his disapproval of “denominational emphasis” Mr. Rockefeller has decided to give no more money to his own (Baptist) denomination, but to reserve his donations for “specific projects, chiefly interdenominational nor non-denominational in character, which interpret the Christian task in the light of present-day needs and which are based not so much on denominational affiliation as on broad forward-looking principles -of co-operation, —The Christian World # > w r * * ,x A CONTRAST Hitler and .Rudyard Kipling were seriously ill at about time. Literally hundreds- of millions of people- longed Herr the same and prayed for the recovery, of Kipling, the poet whose one wish was the welfare -of the British -Empire and of the world. Everyone who wished for the progress of the great and fine in the race wish­ ed for evening of the poet to be long, quiet and productive. But what of Herr Hitler? Who but a -scant 2,000,000 who regard him as either their catspaw to draw their chestnuts, from the fire in the interests of tyranny, of war munitions, of oppression, wished him. a single minute’s reprieve from disease and death.? Outside of his own country there were those who wished him to live that he might exemplify the consequences of utter political ruthlessness and of eoncsienceless national ambition. The contrast on this -occasion is worth pondering.* * ***-*■ w WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME An observer has drawn attention to the falling off in the vol­ ume and the quality of public singing. It is pointed out that the singing done at Kiwanis’ and Rotarian and meetings is of a rather straggly nature, while the singing of the average, congregation is ■weak cause many time, hymn is given out in one of our larger congregations, that the organ becomeseso noisy that the average singer cannot hear his own voice to say nothing of his hearing his own thoughts. The critic went on to say that whatever virtue there may be in canned food that he sees very little good in canned music when it takes the place of the human voice. He said that he was quite sure that mothers missed the opportunity of a lifetime when they, failed to sing to their chil­ dren or neglected to have their children sing with them, matter he insists that an ounce of mother is worth, a chine. in volume and inferior generally. He wonders what the of this noticeable falling off really is. He points -out that mothers instead of singing to their children during cuddling turn on the radio. The critic ’complains- that when a familiar In this ton of ma- TWO STERN LESSONS Punctuality is the thief of time. Herbert Hoover, evening, when speaking over a nation-wide radio hook stepped his time and was cut off after he had thrown into confus­ ion the arrangements of millions of people. Next morning he promptly and fully apologized for his bad manners and his bad business practice. What he cannot do is to remove from the minds of the people of the United States that he has not himself nor his affairs under control. His -blunder may cost him the presidency of the United -States.. .‘The shrewd Yankee, believes that a stra A’ shows the way a river flows. A man who cannot regulate the length of his speaking is not likely to be able to regulate anything else. The other lesson is from Great Britain. Mr. (Stanley Baldwin was obliged to own that he had needlessly blundered in regard to his government’s action in the Italo-Ethlopian peace negotiations. His effort to explain how the blunder was committed only got him into deeper and hotter‘water. Just -one blunder of this sort was sufficient to have the work of a life time viewed with suspicion and all that lie may attempt in the future regarded with distrust. As long as his .name is mentioned in history, his muddling on the oc­ casion referred to will be mentioned against him. Josh Billings said long ago, “A broken reputation may sometimes be mended, but the' eyes of the world always will be on the place where, the crack was.” A wiser thing he said, “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” .That law i,s as stern as justice and as certain as death. . Things arq as they- are. - ; minutes were of McKay and That the Reeve copy of rules of No. ex- as $500; Bell-Gemmell: That the following accounts be passed: John Regier, wood, relief, $16.75; E. L. Box, fuel, relief, $126.87; W. J. Finnigan, tools, $9.90; John Earle, transferr­ ing men and labour, $12,20; A. C. Routledge, supplies, W. 93 Mt F. $9 N. ., relief, $57.00; J. Finnigan, supplies, relief, $82.- ; E. B. Goudie, milk, $7; D. F. ■Gregor, statements, etc., $20; D. McGregor, telephones E.D.M., ’35 ; D. F. McGregor, postage, $3; G. Turner, financial statments, $10. MKay-Gemmell: That the Clerk prepare a bylaw to confirm the ap­ pointments made at this meeting. Whitmore-Bell: That the council adjourn to meet on .Saturday, Feb. 1st, 1936, at 1.30 p.m. D. F. McGregor, Clerk MARRIED SlXjTY YEARS Mr. and Mrs. James Coughtrey, London, recently celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding They were married in Parkhill in 1885. There are fur sons living. For the past several weeks there has -been nothing but dull, grey, drab days with but a single day of sunshine. Since January made its advent the weather has been alter­ nating between thaws, fogs, snow­ falls and storms which obscure the sun. There is a tradition in Cana­ da whether* the faith has been justi­ fied by experience or not, that good crops always follow winters in which there has been a plentitude of snow. No doubt the most endurable clim­ ate is one that .has its high lights and shadows: ‘’All sunshine” say the Arab “makes Sahara.” —Milverton Sun One ’Canadian University student in every 12 or 13 goes to college- on a matriculation scholarship, ac­ cording to figures compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. If that average is maintained at the University of Western Ontario, approximately 80 of the 1,000 on the- campus started their college car­ eer on scholarships, The average value of the matric­ ulation awards is about $200,. which represents less than the equivalent of two years’ tuition fees. More than half of the scholarships and almost three-quarters of their value are for graduates of high schools in the Province of Ontario. 'Considered from the viewpoint of the high school student, however, the ratio of scholarships is much smaller. There are about 50,-000 matriculation graduates each year, and the 500 awards distributed among them equal one to each 100. In view of that an appeal has been made to the “numerous muni­ cipalities, institutions and individ­ uals of Western Ontario interested in the healthy and adequate intellec­ tual development of the- ablest young people to found scholarships. DIES IN 89TII YEAR . The death occurred at her home in St. Marys of Mrs. Robert Dickson in her eighty-ninth year. She had been in failing health for a lengthy per­ iod. Mrs. Dickson came with her parents Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Nicol to .St. Marys when a babe. In 1873 she married Robert Dickson, who died in 1922. Her son and daughter sur­ vive-. W. M. Dickson, Deputy Minis­ ter of Labour, Ottawa Miss Marion at home.the other up, over- RUDYARD IOPLING K-END RATES •u. and Anyone Rudyard- Kipling has passed on. There is no occasion fo'r sor- sow that the hard woidkiing man of three score and ten years has gone to- his .reward but the profoundest reason for gratitude that this worthy interpreter of British life and British aims was given to the world and allowed totarry in it -so long. He entertained the race with his catchy poetry and his well told stories. But he did far more. With unusual power and skill he reminded the world of, the fundamental qualities without which there is no lasting achievement or pleasure without sting. He was the poet of imper­ ialism--but he was far more. He was the poet who reminded the commonwealth he served that the Dread Eternal is the God of all nations and that only the nations that remember Him and kept His law had in them the elements of permanency. Now that he has gone where “the Master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew” it is for every Britisher to give to his task the industry, the- moral earnestness and the loftiness of aim that characterized this singer ■who tqught the world the way to imperialism without jingoism, and to achievement w'thout grossness. We venture to say that Kipling will, be longest remembered by his poem, “Recessional”, a poem in which he rightly interpreted the deeper feeling' of the Empire on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. God of our fathers, known -of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine— Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. ’ Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we- forget! ’Far-called, our navies melt away; ■On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our promp of yesterday Is one with Ninevali and- Tyre! Judge of the nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget—lest we> forget! If, drunk with sight -of power, wo loose Wild tongues that have not Theo in awe Buch boastings as the Gentiles use, Or lesser -breeds without the law— Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard, All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding, calls not Thee to guard, For frantic boast and foolish word They mercy -on T"hy people, .Lord. Have YOU taken advantage of the NEW RATES on Long Distance TELEPHONE CALLS? it is apparent that telephone users appreciate the advantages of recent changes in Long Distance rates. Will YOU bear them in mind:- NIGHT RATES on “Person-to-Person” Calls Calk to a particular person are now available (on all but. short- haul m |es) at reduced rates after 7 pun. Hitherto, discounts at night only on “Anyone” (station-to-station) caHs^^he discounts on most “Person-to-Person” night calls are the Night rates will apply Foil both “Person-to-Person” eans that the lowest rates for either i-to-Person” calls are available continuously day to 4.30 ajccu Monday. “Anyone” Calls To points where the Day “Anyone” rate is 50 cents or less, the discounts for Night calls are reduced or discontinued. That is, some of the present 25- and 30-ceiit Night rates are increased by 5 or 10 cents. These discount inducements to call while the tide of traffic is lower are replaced by the more attractive Night ^Persolr-to-Person” and Week-end reductions. T/»m is the fifth important revision of Long Distance telephone rates within the past seven years. In both social and business affairs the new Week-end and Night rates offer you a broader service at a lower cost* Ask your Long Distance Operator for the new rates* Geo. W. Lawson Manage