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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-06-03, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Leafy June. abroad, There seems to be a blossoms.is delicious * the htiposphere.The perfume of the lileic pervades • .» * • ♦ *• » •* * « The caterpillars are * » scarcity of apple * ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY DIRECTOR SAYS ‘POOR!’ IN A ‘TUT- “tut” 'PONE OF VOICE By T. G. Lytle The following’article taken from the Toronto ten by T. C, ter Old Boy, will be read of Prof. Currelly’s Star Weekly Star writ- Lytle refers to an Exe- Dr. C. T. Cwrelly and with THURSDAY* JUNE 3rd, 1937 public morality. “Therefore, be it resolved, that we, the members of the Ilderton W. I. do respectfully ask that the Gov ernment of Ontario cease the issu ing of licenses of public beverage rooms for women, and that all out standing licenses for the same be cancelled. “|And, that this institute would commend the Government for all measures taken to combat the boot leg traffic in alcoholic drinks and that we ask for the continuance and strengthening Of the strict enforce ment of the law regarding bootleg ging. “And, that copies of this resolu tion be sent to the various district annuals there to be dealt with,” 'There was some discussion as to whether the resolution Ishould be presented to the local legislature re presentative or acted upon by the Women's Institute independently. What a start the meadows and pastures are off too! May, 1937, has been somewhat cooler than that of 1936. * ♦ ** * • ♦ ♦ too but /the We have not suffered this * ♦ * season for lack of after-seeding rains «***.* The world is suffering from a surplus of turbulent characters. * * * ♦ 4i - m* * It’s just too bad that there are so many young people who are old to be spanked. • • •• • A good name once soiled may be fixed up a bit here and ther folks will have a way of looking at ♦ * ** * * the smudgy places. * * The place of real dangei' country road. The speed ♦ * * auto risks are concerned' isas far as murderer is abroad thereon. * * * * * Miss auditors, Miss Helen I. committees Education, Komoka; Mrs. D. A. agriculture Mrs. Ern- econo- New Library Books The following books have ’been received recently at the Exeter Pub- ■lic Library: Debt is one of the easiest things in the world to get into and about the most difficult thing to get rid of. Talk about burs in a goat's hair! «* ««***« g-T8iia.ii.iwy on swift wings to the tomb of the interest toy many old friends. PMNtS- ’llIII CHIUlKU - fl|11 •*«*•’* ’ L ’• SCARFKftCP Jh H. S. WALTER Exeter A. SPENCER & SON Hensall the work and made a good seed bed for this milicious nonsense about Tut- Antkh-Amon.” The pacing was interrupted while the the alter- repre- D. A. to the Associa- Miss Miss Annual Meeting j The 34th District Annual of North Middlesex was held at Clandeboye on Thursday, May 27th with over 200 present. Representatives were present from Beechwood, Cold stream, Granton, Ilderton, Kayser, Lucan, McGillivray, Loibo, Prospect Hill and Parkhill. The secretary's report showed last year’s finances with a total on hand of $234'6.18 and an expenditure of $1945.18. Mrs. Bisdon, of Ilderton, was chosen as representative to London conven tion. (South Lobo invited the district annual to met at Coldstream next year. Officers were elected as fol lows: Honorary President, Mrs. G. Edwards, Komoka; past president, Mrs. K. McKinlay, Ilderton; presi dent, Mrs. George Young, Clande boye; vice-president, Mrs. John Needham, Ilderton; second vice- ’ president, Mrs. Clifford Callaghan, Arkona; secretary-treasurer, Hazel Gibson, Denfield; Mrs. Harold Robson and Randall, South Lobo W. Convenors of standing were chosen as follows: Mrs. Harold Robson, health and child welfare, Carmichael, Ilderton; and Canadian industries, est Hobbs, Denfield; home mics, Mrs. S. Shrier, Kerwood; Can- adianization, Mrs. A. Fletcher, Ailsa Craig; community activities and re lief, Mrs. A. E. McKay; Ilderton; historical research, Mrs. E. A. Home, Komoka; legislation, Mrs. A. Knox, Granton; world' peace and interna tional relationship, Mrs. J. L. Amos, Ailsa Craig; publicity, Mfrs. James D. Stewart, Denfield; district dele gate, Mrs. C. Howard; federated re presentative, Mrs. A. Fraser; nate, Miss Kate McKinlay; sentative on fair board, Mrs. Carmichael and representative Trustees’ and Ratepayers’ tion, Mrs. George Edwards. Musical numbers, were supplied by Mrs. Ernest Hobbs, Prospect Hill; Mrs. J. Craven, Clandeboye; Ruth Simpson, Clandeboye; Laura Dixon, McGillivray and Mrs. W. Gibson and Mrs. A. Zurbrigg, of Lucan. Miss lvi. v. poweu, of the Central Institute, Toronto, was one of the first members of the Institute when they ’started’ forty years ago, they asked for three things, government supervision, financial assistance to help -start others and educational help. Miss Helen McKercher, of Toronto was also present and gave ah outline of junior work. Because, among other things, ‘the licensed beer parlor for women is making the drinking of alcoholic be verages appear to be respectable, smart and sophisticated,” North Mid dlesex District Women’s Institute an nual meeting there on Thursday in dorsed a resolution asking the On tario Government to cancel licenses of public beverage rooms for women. The resolution was sponsored by Ilderton Women’s Institute, and signed by Mrs. Roy Bloomfield Mrs. J. W Freeborn. It read: “Whereas, the licensed beer lor for women is making the drink ing of alcoholic beverages appear to be respectable, smart and sophisti cated. “And whereas, we, as a sex, have always had to suffer from the evils of drink, and have no compelling appetite for intoxicants, therefore there is no legitimate excuse for such ibeverage rooms for women. “And, whereas, it is only a small proportion of women who take ad vantage of these public rooms, the remainder of us deeply resent the implication which such beverage rooms place upon our standard of Non Fiction Always a Grand Duke Alexander A Laugh A Day Keeps Away the Doctor I. Cobb The World Around Us Simpson Minerals and How They Occur [Miller Guide to Wild Flowers Taylor (Something of Myself.Kipling Television Eckard Tennis Perry Conquest of Peru Prescott Conquest of Mexico Prescott Uncommon Knowledge Stinson Housekeepers’ Hand Book Daniel Selected Poems Roberts Fiction Stonefield Ostenso As Long As I Live Loring 'Sunrise Lutz Bread Into Roses Norris Honeyball Farm Det» Unseen Terhune Truce With Life HawcK Black Automatic Mowery Fortune Turns her Wheel Sheard ,Spotlight Kelland Double Eagle Krasnof Juvenile August Adventure Atkinson Aeroplanes Barnard Smugglers’ Sloop White Rolling Wheels Gray Father’s Improvements Emerson Floods-From the Field Petersham Norwegian Twins Parkins Flag of thex Desert Best Green and Gold Hadez Judy and Chris Gavon TURNER—ANDERSON A pretty wedding took place quiet- The plain man* bent on getting things done and anxious to keep things running is tired of strikes. f,One cannot get out of a pay envelope what has not first been put into it. It takes management and executive ability to do that very thing. The heads of a firm are something more than a spigot controlling the money stream. Labor organizers must learn this. ♦♦ • • « • the more machines. Ever'think about that? get on with it. without it. If you don’t with a well-fed cow that was and PICOBAC PIPE TOBACCO FOR A MILD,COOL SMOKE 1 F The more strikes, The more difficult labour makes it for executives to the harder executives will believe this, ask a farmer refuses to give milk. * * try to get on what he does # * ♦ ** * We congratualte (Premier 'Hepburn on his stand regarding re lief. Mr. Hepburn has no intention of asking men and women who cannot'work to. go without food and shelter. His intention is to carry out the principle of the New Testament that every man who is able to work and who has a reasonable opportunity of finding work shall earn his daily bread. It is all to the good that the Ot tawa government is taking a similiar stand. * « • • ■We saw a young man hanging about the streets, of a neighbor ing town one day this week. He is 20 years of age. He has played a little baseball. He is a poor to fair pitcher, one of those who is just good enough to lose a well-played game. He is look ing for a job he says, where he wi'U be free to play ball at any time regardless of the progress of his employer’s interests. He is also looking for a good salary at (baseball. So far he has neithei’ posi tion. mother says, “1 youth says of ■you beat it? His father earns very bite that goes into his mouth, while his It is hard for Jackie to get just what he wants.” The society “there ain’t no such thing as justice.” Can i NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN its Premier Neville Chamberlain. This new leaderAnd now comes of a good family, noted for business ability and fo.r capacity to get big things done. The new leader does not respect red tape (beyond the point where it is useful in tieing the ends of the unruly. He is marked by a directness in his speech and in his practice that at times disconcerts dealers. in circumlocutory nothingness and frothy impotency. Further, he is no respecter of blpff. Better *stil'l, ihe knows what he can do and has a way of doing it regardless of the selfish suggestions of other rulers. He has a temper that can blaze out with destructive fury, but he compels work foi' the welfare of those whom ihe serves and ruin. his temper to not for their ly at Kippen United Church manse, when Helen Elizabeth, younger dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Ander son, of Stanley, became the bride of Mr. and Mrs. Webster Turner, also of Stanley Township. Rev. E. F. Chandler performed the marriage ceremony. The youthful bride was attractive in beige triple sheer crepe with brown accessories. She carried a lovely sheaf of pink carnations and maidenhair fern. The happy couple 'were attended by Miss Jeanette Mc Allister, cousin of the bride, anc[ Ralph Turner, brother of the groom The bridesmaid was becomingly dressed in navy fish net trimmed with white and navy accessories. Fol lowing the ceremony, Mr and Mrs, Turner left on a motor trip to De troit, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and other points. For travelling the- bride wore a brown printed crepe dress and tweed coat in British tan shade with brown straw hat. On their re turn they will .reside on the' groom’s farm on the Parr Line, Stanley Twp. »•••***• STANLEY BALDWIN When some of us (believe that the time has come up oui’ job may those who know us best regret our heartily as Great Britain sorrows over the retirement of Stanley Baldwin from the premiership. ’ Mr. Baldwin is a plain man, so plain a man that few have been aware of his outstanding ability. For 29 years he has beld the confidence of Worcester, one of the great constituencies of England, a very considerable achievement in days as restless as those through which Mr. Baldwin has served. There has .been a simplicity and a directness characteristic of his public utterances that has caused many men of his day to overlook the fact that he is easily near the top in the first rank of the best' orators the Empire has known for 10'0 years. There ,has been so much of gentleness and kindliness a|bout him that few .have real ized the strength that enabled him to effectively remind a popular sovereign of his duty, at the same time saving an Empire from dis ruption. Future 'generations will stand with uncovered heads be fore an achievement so colossal. In a decade in which Europe’s most conspicuous political leaders armed themselves to their very teeth and shouted militarism from every balcony, Stanley Baldwin preserved not only the peace of Europe but of the world. Appar ently bent only on the need of the moment, he emphasized the age less principles of government that make for just and lasting peace and .for the permanent prosperity of the spirit as well as of the pocket book. It remains to be seen if he has trained worthy suc cessors. Upon that issue depends more than we care to think the welfare of the race and of every locality within the Empire. fo.r us to give doing so as BLYTH—Mrs. R. Wightman has received a lettei’ from Dr. E. C. Wil- ford, of Chengu, West China, which came fay the new air service from Chengtu to Toronto, in just two weeks. talk one, Pains in Pit of Stomach Half Hour After Eating 4 Bitters Mrs. 0. L, Fairweather, Young’s Cove, N.B., writes:—“For many long months I had been sufl:ering from pains in the pit of my stomach. About half an hour after eating the pains would start, and despite the many things I took I could obtain no relief. “A friend advised and after I had taken one bottle the pains had com pletely disappeared.” A product of Tho T, Milburn Co,, Ltd., (Toronto, Ont. FURNACE FIRE BURNED OVER EIGHT MONTHS GODERICH—After all this about last Winter being a mild George James, caretaker of the coun ty ibuildings, on Wednesday last laid down iiis coal shovel after firing the furnace daily for eight months and nine days, an early winter and late cold spring being responsible. How ever, cheer up, records on furnace room wall disclose that one year the fire was kept burning until Ju,ne 11 and in another year it was so cold the was first wefelc in July the furnace started. must be hard to keep time on ship.” “How is that?” “Well, I just heard the captain say he used four watches a night." “It this SETTLEMENT REACHED IN SUIT OVER BIDDULPH CRASH HalfWay through the hearing of evidence, a $15,000 lawsuit over a traffic crash ended suddenly as the opposing lawyers announced a set tlement had been made. Mrs. Lea Mitchell, of Biddulph, ' 42-year-old mother of nine children, limped into •court on crutches to testify in an at tempt to secure damages from Dr. A M. Bell, of Alvinston. As court was about to resume it was revealed that an overnight ag reement had been reached. Terms of the settlement was not immediately revealed. Mrs. Mitchell told the court that she still suffered “terrible pain” from injuries she received on October 11 last, when struck by a car alleged to have been driven by the defendant. Death shall some him that toucheth Pharaoh." This gloomy “keep off the grass” sign, known to the world as ‘King Tut’s curse,” was. found written on the famous tomb of the boyr-king. at Luxor in th? Valley of the Kings when it was opened, 15 years ago. And people started dying all over the place. They would have died if Tut had been left to continue his 3,00d year sleep in peace, but still it is claimed that 24 among the mil lions who have since died came to their untimely ends because they dared desecrate the tomb. Lord Carnarvon discovered tomib in 1922. He died in 1923, Pro fessor F. ILafleur examined the tomb He'died. The Hon. Aubrey Herbert was present at the opening ceremony He died. .Sir Dougias Reid x-rayed the mummy. He died. Twenty others who visited the tomb died. Prince Ali Fahmy Bey, a rich Egyptian prince, was shot and killed in London. Lord Westbury fell to his death from a window in his London home. Arthur Weigall, famous archeologist died in London. Harold Moynes, a British reporter who accompanied Lord Carnarvon, and one of the first eight people to enter the tomb also died. Dr. James H. Breasted, head of the Oriental Institute of of 'Chicago, slept in- two weeks, defied the like all the other but Only Howard Carter, survives, still well, still unafraid, last of the original eight, and a good friend of Dr. Charles Currelly, director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archeology who also scoffs at the ‘curse.’ The Pharaoh’s curse?" Dr. Cur- relly snorted, echoing the reporter’s question. “Pooh. It sure is an old chestnut to me. Bit down, and write down what I say. “It’s a tragic thing an awfully tragic thing that the question of superstitution ■' should creep in on our affairs. ‘Pooh ’ The 61-year-old archaeologist, opener of dozens of tombs himself, friend and protege of the great .Sir Flinders Petrie, who knew Carnar von in Egypt, himself discoverei’ or the tomib of Aahmest, the pharaoh who, the bible records, “knew not Joseph,” and hence as thoroughly a ‘cursed’ man as any Egyptologist, paced his study as he slowly dictat ed his opinion of the ‘jinx.’ “There is something,” he began slowly and deliberately' “there is something in the human mind that predisposes the people of supersti tion. “There are very few of us who are entirely without superstition. For instance, I haven’t much myself, but I do feel that it is most unlucky to be struck by lightning on Tuesdays.” “Most people,” said Dr. Currelly, “even the most intelligent, are sup erstitious about boasting. It will faring them bad luck, boasting about their health, their children or their anything. “For some reason which is a little bit hard to see. Egypt has been seiz ed upon by the cranks as the most fruitful source of magic and marvel, although India is now tending to push Egypt from its exalted position as the centre upon which humbug can be focussed, which is a very good thing. There seem to be fa shions even in idiocy.” “Take,” he said, still pacing slow ly back oi’ forth, “the strange ideas of the Egyptian mummies. There are lots of other countries-with their mummies.’ “But the fakirs,” continued Dr. Currelly, looking out the and drumming, on the sill finger tips, “tend to bring tliority from Egypt. This summed up in the old song. iFor 40 years without a doze, I stood upon old up-turned toes, and balanced co bras on my nose, and so became the Wizard of the age, from reading a papyrus on the gummy little tummy of a rummy sort of mummy” “I have an idea that this tendency was tending to die down, when in the earlier part of this century, a quite distinguished scientist, a hor rible old .grouch, propagated in a ost ingenious manner a whole host of mystery stories about objects in the British Museum,” said Dr Cur- relly. .“Who was he?” “I’m not going to tell you. He’s dead now. Where was I? “ .... in a British museum,” said the Egyptologist, picking up his dictation, resuming his pacing once more, “and many of these mystery stories had to do with curses follow ing certain people who had brought certain things from Egypt. I put it down to a kind of malicious imagin ation on tho part of one of the Bri tish Museum guards, until a compar atively few years ago, when I found out that it was quite a famous scien tist, who had done it as a joke on a stupid people,” “This,” he said, “laid the ground the University the tomb for curse. He died one. Carter, window, with his their au- can be Dr. Currelly superintended spelling and hyphenation of Egyption king’s name, which he pro nounced “Toot.” “He was a young, rather weak- minded boy, as far as we know," he continued. “Let us look at the facts. The man who has excavated as many tomibs as perhaps any three others put together is Sir Flinders Petrie, who is daily going on with his work right now and seems to be quite hale and hearty, although he has published an account of his work, called “Seventy Years in Archaeol ogy.” “‘Reisner, the American, has been excavating tombs steadily for about 40 years, and seems to sleep com fortably every night. I worked over three royal tombs, with no bad effect that I know of. Carter, who foxind, excavated and did everything to the famous tomb which has caus ed so much newspaper talk.” “On the other hand," conceded Dr. Currelly, “it has to be said that a certain number of people who were around that tomb died within a few years. But if you take the men who pass King and Yonge between 12 and 1 o’clock today, a certain num-. bex of them will be dead in five years. “Egypt is a- place of invalids, es pecially when doctors feel that they can do little more. They go there in the winter time to live in the sun, and to give exhausted bodies .a chance to rest. These people have little to do, and if anything drama tic happens they simply flock to that place. And the tombs of the kings are only a few miles from one of the best hotels in Egypt.” “Lord Carnarvon, who supplied the money, was a very sick man who was sent to Egypt for his health. He took blood poisoning, didn’t take care of it and died as a result.” he said. “He was sent (here because he was sick. He got a pimple on his face, and cut the head off it. country is septic—one things you must learn powerful anticeptic the skin is broken—I’ve poison up to my shoulders several times when I’d not bother to looked after. “It’s a very again pausing by. the window, and measuring his words carefully, “that when a considerable number of people feel themselves too mentally superior to accept religion as it has been taught from the Bible, that they immediately take up a whole mass of childish superstitions would disgrace a boy of 10. “And I have not often found this did not happen,” added Curyelly. of the great pre-Raphaelite move ment in English art, said to me about 35 years ago that it was coming. He was an old man, and I thought it was the feeling of an old man, that the world was getting askew. But he predicted the rise of astrol ogy, and I can remember smiling to think that we were at least going to fee saved from ,that idiocy." thar that Dr. “Holman Hunt, founder MRS. ZACK M’lLHARGEY DIES IN LUCAN 26 at the her 7,6 th Biddulph the late Mrs. Bridget Mcllhargey, wife of Zack Mcllhargey died May family home in Lucan in year. She was born in Township, a daughter of James J. and Bridget Hennessey. Surviving are her husband; five step-daughters, Mrs. Moir, London; Mrs. Patrick Heenan, Biddulph; Mirs. Thomas Ryan and Mrs. William Ry an, both of Dublin, Ont., and Mrs. James Dewan, London Township three sons, John and William, Bid dulph Township and Zack, of Detroit also three sisters, Mrs. Lundy, De troit; Rev. Sister Genevieve, o.f the 'Order of St. Joseph; Mrs. C. J.'O’ Brien, Centralia; one brother, Jas. Hennessey, Viking, Alta. The funer al was held from the residence on Friday at 9.30 a.m. to St. Patrick’s Church, Biddulph, where (requiem high mass was sung and interment made. FORMER BUSINESS MAN PASSE’S AT ST. MARYS The whole of the first is to use a moment the had iblood scratch my hand and come in and have it sad thing,” he said, ST. MARYS—Jasper Walkom, for mer well-known business man of St. Marys, died May 24th at his home following a lengthy illness. He was a native of Fullarton Township, -the son of a pioneer family of the Mun ro district. He had been in business in Kirkton and Mitchell before com ing to .St. Marys about 20 years ago. For the past seven years he had been an invalid. Surviving are his wife and a number of brothers. wfar/ AIL THESE EXTRA FEATURES COST NO MORE ? I a T-HATS BIGHT? 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