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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-03-11, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1037 Exeter School Reports Pioneer Dies Well, if we’re due for snowfalls, let’s have them now when they’ll do some good,««***•«* Why not smarten up the town by* indicating the proper parking places on our main streets?« • * « • ? Why not give the Universities of Canada representation in the Provincial and Federal parliaments?«***«•** It’s pretty bad when one allows his skill to grow rusty. That’s the worst feature of strikes and unemployment. Never mind Johnny and Mary, oil 'up your skates and keep them sharp and shiny—there’ll toe another winter and lots oif ice. Our big stores reluctantly announce to the Dilatory Bachelors that they have no more patches or highly colored cloth oddments for the repair of trousers. They have however, a good supply1 of haii* vigour. ever thought of it? In all the world of things is there anything more doleful look­ ing or uninviting than that of. an unpainted down-at-the-heels chtonch door? Take a look and draw youir own conclusions. WHAT ADVERTISING DOES “Yes,” commented the Dilatory Bachelor, “before Easter, I’m .gong to own one of those lovely ladies' hats, if only I can secure the right face to put under it. Those Exeter me change my mind.” The trouble with Germany is that merchants have made she doesn’t .satisfied with anything the other nations do or offer, every advance made to her the basis of some fresh and irritating de­ mand. Her war drums din of race and blood makes it impossible for the world to hear the voices of her saner sons. want She to foe makes AND WE APPROVE Word comes from Germany that the rulers -of that country have a regulation whereiby any autoist who offends1 against the speed laws of that country shall have his engine so regulated that [he can­ not drive over thirty miles per hour, and which obliges him to visit grave-faced authority every week to prove that he 'has |been behav­ ing himself.«««••••• THE LACK •Come to think of it the big, lack in this fine world is the lacto' of originality. There is nothing so dull as constant change. There is no person on earth quite so boring as the poor soul whose one slogan is “let us have something different.” We know a farmer who; began with Shorthorns, who switched to Holsteins, who next tried Jerseys and then Heretfords and who ended up on the road­ side. He was tired of farming, he said, though he was into, or up to, or at something different every week. Poor chap, he never dug up a brand new idea in his life. Then there’s the dear young thin® whose papa allows her “to see the world.” She .sips at this, then at that. She trots from one place to; another^ but sees nothing, and winds up sick and tired and Lack of originality^ Think about this, class job of toeing yourself.******* HER SECRET Folk wonder why Britain wins out in so many difficult situa­ tions. The secret lies with her citizens. Here is a part of what one of her servants has done and does. We refer to Sir Arthur Saleter, not only a first class business' man, but a thorough scholar and member of parliament f.or Oxford, a constituency that possess­ es almost more than its share of clever men. This man wag born in 1881. He was given a thorough academic training in Oxford High School and in Oxford University. When he was 23 he entered the British Admiralty. When he was 30 'he was up to, his ears in the British Public Health Department. When he ■was 34, in the most critical period of the Great War, he was one of the three who directed British shipping with consummate skill. Besides, 'he is the man who put Austria on her feet .financially. All through his tremendous working and bis> really great accomplishments, he has but one idea, to do something .for the peace of the world. This hour his word is about the most highly respected Of any word in matters of world finance. His working! day is about 14 hours long. Besides, he has a dictaphone at his bed that he frequently uses in the few hours he snatches for rest. England has a. wealth of sons who toil terribly for her welfare.******** “DOMINION OPEN TO SEA ATTACK, SAYS SENATOR” '“Wants Imperial Conference Delegates to get pledge of protec- tection.” “Position held serious.” “He recalled that after Sir Robert Borden had attended the 1912 Imperial Conference, a $35,0'00,000 program for the .purchase of three dreadnoughts from England had been approved in the com­ mons, but defeated in the .Senate. The result was that when the Great War came Canada did not have even a cruiser or a des­ troyer.” Now isn’t that “noos” and isn’t that nice? And would not it be fine if Great Britain were to say in reply to this request. “Of course we’ll defend Canada, first, last and always, no matter what threatens London.” And wouldn’t it to toe too killing for anything if Washington, U. iS. A. were to say to Canada “Why delighted, I'm sure! We’ll look after Canada, mo; matter what threatened our sea coast from Maine to Florida or from British Columbia!”, But suppose John Bull and Uncle Sam were to^ inquire, Jack Canuck, what have you done to defend your own coasts. Were are your ships, y|our trained soldiers, yiour war planes?” All know only too well, the reply that shamefaced Canadians would offer. Like High Heaven, John Bull and Uncle Sam are likely to help people who; help themselves1. disgusted. The cause? The cure? Do a first * SEED OATS HON. DUNCAN MARSHALL Minister FARMERS BEWARE what seed grain you buy to sow this coming Spring. There is a great deal of grain being offered for sale in Ontario for feed. A grain shortage has resulted in a demand for Western Feed Oats.These oats are being sold for Feed but some farmers may re-clean them and use part of them for seed. Germination Tests of samples of such oats have shown as low percentages as from 20% to 70%.. The Sowing of Such Seed may have dis­ astrous results on the crops. A survey of the grain held in Ontario would indicate there is sufficient good seed to be obtained at home, and all farmers who must purchase seed grain this year should make careful selection upon Germination Tests. A farmer can make a simple and accurate teBt at home by sprouting a number Of kernels either between two sheets of dampened blot­ ting paper or in a box of earth. The sample sprouted must be a fair average of the lot. WRITE J. D. SMITH, Seed Branch, Department of Agriculture, Toronto, or DR. G. P, McROSTIE, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, for information. department of agriculture PROVINCE OF ONTARIO J. B. FAIRBAIRN Deputy Minitter KOQM VI Sr. IV, Honours—Britain Sanders 88; Marion Smith 83; Dorothy Kydd 79; Neil Jones 79; Norman Hanni­ gan 78; Ellis Peance 77; Annie Ma­ son 76; Ila Willis 76; Shirley Pen- hale 75; Margaret Fitzgerald ’75. Pass—Jack Westlake 74; Labelle Lutman 73; Norma Wilson 73; Mur­ ry iStanlake 72; Glenn MeTavish 72; Doris Hay 70; Coquolipe Sim­ mons 6'9; [Anita Brintnell 69; Iva Willis 69; Bert pilon 68; Jim Mof­ fatt 16.6; Anne Gordon <65; Stewart Cann 63; Marjorie May 60. Below Pass—Tom Walter 57; D. Cutting 55. Jr. IV, Honours—Betty Elliot 77; Pas^—(Shirley M'Oise 73; Marjorie Flynn 68; Doris Web|ber 66; Jean- Snell 66; Dorothy Jennings 65; Nor­ ma Stonehouse 6'2.; Francis. King 61. Below Pass'—Bill Cox 58; Robt. Cutting 52; Jack Hamess 52*; Ray Snell 46*. Number on roll 38; average at­ tendance 35,4. Joseph B. Creech, teacher ROOM V Jr. IV, Honours1—Donald Tra- quair 77; Norma Parsons and John Page 76. Pass!—iDouglas Pryde 71; Edith Hunter 68; G. Campbell 67; Ross Ward 66; Jean McDonald 62; Har­ old Hockey 62; Lillian Kestle 62; Lila Elliott i6'l; Jack Cann 61, Below Pass—Mary McDonald 57; Orval Hunter 37; Frieda Stire ab. Sr. Ill, Honours — Billy Weekes 82; Shirley Mason 76; Virla Jones 75; Shirley Motz 75. Pass*—“Roy Kirk. 72; Mae Snell 71; Mary Caldwell 66; Ethel Stire 6,6; Mary Easton 6-4; Calvin Hey­ wood 63; Teddy McDonald 63; Mil­ dred Hannigan 63; Mary Kirk 63; Jimmie Triefoner 62; Walter Sims 604 Below Pass—Erie Jennings 58; Jack Cutting 52; Douglas Harness 51; Richard Pilon 48; June Smith 42**. Number on roll 35; average at­ tendance 3'2.17. Maude A. Horton, teacher ROOM IV Sr. Ill, Honours—Lois Clark 77. Pass—Jean Stanlake 73; Marie Melville 71; Harold Elliot 67; Pearl Cann 6|7; Alex Ellis 64; Lillian He­ witt 63; Ruby Welsh 63; Archie Webber 62; Isabel Snell 60. Below Pass—’Jean Elliot 56; Keith Gordon 44. Jr. Ill, Honours1—Dawson Gould- ing 85; Gwenneth Jones 84; Marion Cowan 83; .Bobby Davis 76; Marjory Welsh 75. Pass.—Eric Heywood 72; Lois Hunter 70; J. Kirk 69; Shirley Ap­ pleton 67; Douglas Bi'intnell 6-6; Doreen Parsons 6.6; Bert Moore 66; Mae King 66; Hugh Wilson 65; Ir­ vine Armstrong 64; Norman Hack­ ney 64; Helen Pfaff 64; Jean 'Snell 64; Arnold Lindenfield 64; da Moir 61; Betty Harness 61; Robert lVloore 60. Number on roll 34; average at­ tendance 32.5. B. I. Kirk, teacher ROOM III Honours—Brunelle Watson 89.6; Bruce Moir 87.6; Mitzi Moffatt 86.9 Harvey Cooper 8 6.8; June Bierling 8.6.7; Barbara Reid 86..1*; Emma Strobbe 83.6; Allan'Stonehouse 82.1 Donald Preszcator 81.6; Jim Whyte 81.1; Donna Cornish 80.7; Evelyn Wareing 80.4; Mervin Jones 80.3; Joan Redfern 79.7; Melvin Kestle and Betty Payne 79.3; Ted Jones and Edgar Wildman 79.2; Jack Hen­ nessey and Beverley Stonehouse 78.5; Tom Penhale 78.4; Ross Mc­ Donald 77.5; Donald Burns 7'6.8; Pearl .Stanlake 716.2; Earl Sims 75.1; Marguerite Hogarth and J. 'O’Brien 75. Passed'—(Betty Cox 73.7; Gordon Gillespie 72.9; Bobbie Kydd 72.7; Billy Kress 72.6; Evan Sims 72.2; Ross T'wckey 72; Mary Fletcher 71; Donald Bi’intnell 70.4; Bobbie Pryde 66.:6; Harry Ellis 60.8. Below Pass — Wilbert Gillespie 58.8; Alma Ryckman 512.7; Clayton Sanders 50..3; Billy Elliot 34.7. Number ,on roll 41; average at­ tendance 39,R, ,M. Waghorn, teacher ROOM II Class A', Honours—Patsy Hay 90; Donald Grant 87; Donald Southcott 86; Catherine Gibson 86; Elaine Coates 85; Mary Moore 84; Billy Moise 83; Elmer Willis 81; Billy Armstrong 78; Malcolm Grant 76. Pass—(Hugh Davis 74; Peter El­ lis 71; Billy .Smith 68; Bobby Trieb- ner 64; Marion Mousseau 64; Carl Hewitt 6/4; Marguerite Pickard 62. (absent for must of the exams.) Class B, Honours1—'Emily Wild­ man 92; Geneva Elliott 77; Teddy Hannigan 77; Jimmie Wilson 76; Pearl Kirk/ 7'6; Maxine MacDonald 75. Pass—-June Cudmore 72; Norman King 6,4; Barbara Harness 64; Don­ ald Easton 63. E. L. Kinney, teacher ROOM I 'Sr, pr.—iMerton Chambers 90; Roy iSims 86; Jimmie Cann 84; Har­ old Preszcator 81; Helen Davis 80; Ross Parsons 79; Marjorie McDon­ ald 78; Harold Brintnell 7'7; Lor­ raine Little 76; France© Armstrong 75; Kenneth Cudmore 73; Norma Snell 72; Herbert Little 71; Laura Little 70. Pr. A1—'Barbara Elliott 91; Mar­ garet Hill 8'9; John Partlo 84; Jan­ et Kestle 83; Myrna Pym 83; Joyce Simmons 76; Audrey Moir 76; Paul Balkwill 76; Orloe Waghorn 68; Velma Webster >63. Pr. B—-Gordon Smith 83; Gladwin Watson 79; Dorothy Stonehouse 78} Neil Johnson 74; Ruby Stire 71; Jimmie Chambers 6?; Frank Brint- nell 36. Pr. CS—-Joan Wells $6; Henry Demolder 81; Gordon Kirk 60; Jean Hennessey 44; Keith Brintnell 40; Muriel Hetvitt 34; Jean Davis 26. Number on roll 38; average at­ tendance S(L& One of the links with the past of the picturesque French settlement on the shore of Lake Huron was broken in the death of Edward Bris­ son, member Oif one of the settle­ ment’s pioneer families and a prom­ inent figure in this Township. He was Rev. M. A. Brisson, Seminary, London. Edward Brisson years ago on hiB father’s farm the lake shore near St. His father, Jean Brisson, was one of the small band of French-Canadians who came from Quebec nearly 100 years ago and hewed their farms from the bush on the lake shore and) began a settlement that grew to one of the prosperous districts of Huron County. His mother was Ar- maline Ducharme, memiber of an­ other pioneer family. One of 14 children in the pioneer family, Edward Brisson remained to farm1 the homestead until higi fam­ ily were ready to attend high school. Then, he moved to Startford and liv­ ed there 16 years. After his children were educated he returned to the Hay Township farm. Ten years ago he retired and lived in the settle­ ment at Drysdale. Many of the fam­ ily entered the service of the church Surviving are his wife, formerly Jane Jeffery; three sons, Rev. M. A. Brisson, of London; E. A, Brisson, of Chicago and T. J. Brisson, Strat­ ford; two sisters, Sister Celirpa and Sister Amelia, of the Ordei’ of Lor­ etto, Toronto. section of Hay the father of of St. Peter’s was born 72 on Joseph’s. 1 S. P. Love, teacher Your Success is Assured with PURITS FLOUR Best for all your Baking STARTS CONTRACT NEAR GRAND BEND Mr. Nick Schmidt, of Newton, is moving his ditching machine to the Grand Bend community this week where he has the contract of under­ draining seven hundred acres of the 7,0'00 acre .farm recently purchased from the Canada Company toy Dr. Hegemier, of the Preston Springs Hotel. This farm, which is situat­ ed about four miles southeast of Grand Bend, is mostly virgin land and Dr. Hegemier has men busily engaged on day and night shifts plowing as he intends sowing a large PF336 acreage of malting barley this spring. There were numerous ten­ ters for this job and it reflects very creditably on Mr. Schmidt’s work when it is taken into consid­ eration that he was awarded this contract on the engineer’s recom­ mendation. There is no frost in the ground in that locality and work will be started just as soon as the machine is set up. Mr. Alex Holmes accompanied Mr. Schmidt and will assist in the work.—Milver-ton Sun STAFFA. MAN DIES After an illness extending years, Thomas Drown, veterinary surgeon, S'taffa, died at his home on March 2nd. Dr. Drown, was born in Hibbert Township on September 8, 1867, Dr. Drown h’ad lived in the community all his life and up until recently he continued his practice. He was a member of Staffa United Church. Besides his wife, he is survived, foy two daughters, Mary- of Stratford, and Ila, at home; '.five sons, William, Carl, John, Harvey and Earl, all at home; one sister, Mrs. E. A. Williams, Long Branch, Ont. and one brother, John, of Hib­ bert. A private funeral was held at the residence and a public1 service in the United church. Interment in Staffa Cemetery. Jfrzfr/ LOW FARES GO; any time Thursday, March 25th until 2.00 p.m. Monday# March 29th. RETURN: leave destination up to midnight Tuesday, March 30th, 1937.Take advantage of thfc week-end for a visit home or away with friends. For fares and further information apply to Railway Ticket Agents Ttsa CANADIAN NATIONAL itl' Geo. W» Lawson People in every walk of life— a cross-section of Canada—are interested directly or indirectly in the telephone business. Nearly twenty thousand men and women of all ages and oc­ cupations have invested their savings in Bell Telephone stock. Almost ten thousand men and women are Bell Telephone employees. There are more than 710,000 telephones in Ontario and Que­ bec alone. The lines of some 860 other telephone companies connect with Bell lines for interchange of service—adding some 140,000 additional telephones to those of the Bell Company to provide a unified Service that touche* the lives of virtually every citizen of this Dominion. The Trans-Cattada Telephone System a co-operative enter­ prise uniting the inajor tele­ phone systems across the Do­ minion-*—provides a service from coast to coast that is available to practically any telephone user anywhere in the country. Can­ ada’s leadership in voice-com­ munication is the logical result of the Spirit of Service Which animates telephone Workers.