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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-07-29, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE thuiusday, July wh, 1037 Corn in tassel yet? t ****•••♦ ■Those first jinoine, home grown tomatoes? ♦ **»*♦»♦ A stiff day in the harvest field puts feathers in any old pillow, ******** And haven’t the farmers appreciated those fine harvest days, « .**•••• * There’s all the difference in the world between liberty and runaway emotionalism. « It’s a lot of fun meeting a large number of .peoiple. It’s a real enjoyment to see a few folk develop. ***** *** Many people are in trouble because they are dead certain about a great many things that aren’t so. ******** And still foolish drivers take curves on high. They love to patronize the hospital and the undertaker. « • ♦ * Walking chalk may seem a bit monotonous to those who have never tried it, but it does not lead to the town of Vain Regret. ******** Japan’s method is simplicity itself. She makes up her mind regard­ ing want she wants, prepares ways and means for getting it, goes after it and gets it. Then she repeats the process. • *••«•••• Wise folk are treating war as sensible people treat disease, thy 'fortify themselves against it, try to localize when it breaks out, and do their very utmost to get rid of its causes, r<5ot and branch. Nojv that those 3-cent postage stamps that have one character­ istic in common with the chesnut tree under which Longfellow’s blacksmith had his smithy, would it not be well to stop their issue in the interest of folk blessed with tongues of reasonable length and average mouth extension? There should be a difference be­ tween a postage stamp and a sail for a boat. ’ LET US NOT FORGET In spite of all who suggest the contrary in magazine or booiki or picture or conversation, the normal youth is busy with his occupa­ tion, his books, his sports and his tasks. His best girl is simi­ larly engaged. The abnormal youth and his dupe are on the wrong track as the inevitable coming storm will demonstrate. «****««• BUT ALSO With all that is written about the carefulness urged upon car drivers when the safety of children is concerned we whole-hearted­ ly agree. Still we cannot but smile a bit as our friends expatiate up­ on the lamb like innocence and thoughtlessness of. youngsters. Youngsters are not so dumb. We never saw a youngster in danger of being hurt by a car without our being certain that his peril wa3 brought on by something like wilfulness or what our American •friends call cussedness. Then back of the child is the parent, and back of the parent is grave-faced authority that gives some of us the impression that it puts the onus of a disaster upon the mo­ torist. Exhibitionism should not be confused with innocence, and some children are the last word in Exhibitionism. ******** KILLING OLD AGE HAPPINESS WITH KINDNESS . Normally, nowadays, most folk hope to keep right on working till they are seventy. About that time, as far as business goes, they hope to “clean up” and to settle down to enjoy themselves by doing a few odd things they really like to do for their own sake. These, they hope, will be their kindliest and happiest years. In a number of very sad cases this happiness is prevented by the growing loractice of regarding 70 as the age when the advantages of the Old Age Pension will Be sought and lived upon. Little by little with this end in view odds and ends of worldly goods are “buried” in one way or another in order that public bounty ’ may be seized upon. Be it known, however, that folk who thus misuse a fund calculated to provide a. measure of comfort for the thrifty and industrious but unfortunate, rarely enjoy an hour’s happiness. How can they when happiness cannot exist apart from one’s self- respect and the merited and freely-given esteem of one’s contemporaries? ******** ENGLAND’S ANXIETY ' Just now and for some little time past, a number of folk in Old England have been distressed lest the physical energies and bodily fitness of her people generally should be below par. Cana­ dians may well ask the same question. In any case a few questions may well be considered. Has machinery wrought against physical welfare? Does sitting on a mowing machine or driving a binder develop as sturdy a physique as swinging scythe and cradle or man­ ipulating a handrake? Does shovelling coal into a furnace do as much for muscle and lung as did swinging an axe or pulling a saw? Does buying manufactured steel develop as sturdy a forearm as did' did the blacksmith’s hammer and sledge? Does driving children to school in an enclosed car develop sturdy youngsters as did the one or two. mile walk Of the older, days? Has the development of game fans and the present commercializing of sport instead of an almost universal playing of the game been in the interest of the sound body? Then what about living out of a tin can rather than on the products of the kitchen, the garden, the dairy and the or­ chard? ******** THAT’ PAROLE SYSTEM The police have been speaking their mind regarding the system whereby folk who have offended against the laws of the country and who have been sentenced to imprisonment, are allowed out of prison for some considerable time before ’their sentences have been served. The parole prisoner is under some sort of supervis­ ion of course. The police are emphatic in their statement that the parties paroled do not show themselves, for the most part, worthy of the trust reposed in them, that, indeed, the paroled parties fre­ quently seem to hasten to commit major crimes., Strange isn’t it? but public sympathy is geuerally on the sMe of the lawbreaker. Hence the plea that leniency be extended to the criminal. Strange, too, that so many otherwise sensible people regard lawbreaking as something of an accident. Strange, too, the persistent belief that the criminal is a poor fellow who has slip­ ped his foot and that he really is a good citizen who has only tem­ porarily gone astray. However, those who know most about law­ breakers by actual contact with them, find that any one crime us­ ually is a symptom of a mental and moral condition that needs to be corrected, if it may be corrected only by years of training and guidance under the care of men who understand the strange work­ ings of the human mind and who know something of the vagaries of human nature in its darker aspects. Sir John Willison’s First Job (By W, J. White, Lockwood, Sask.) in the Toronto Globe and Mail The Village of Bayfield is some­ thing more than a hamlet, located on the shores of Lake Huron, and but a short distance from the town of Goderich. During the summer months it is one of the many places on the shores of the lake that have became famous as resorts for those who have the means and inclination There is fishing of a sort in the streams thht abound in the neigh­ borhood. The lake itself affords ample sport for those piscatorially inclined. Beyond this, and in the fact that it is the centre of a splen­ did agricultural district—fruit-grow­ ing being a favorite and successful occupation—it has to its credit the honor of being the birthplace and playground of one of Canada’s noted authors and a journalist who be­ came internationally famous, His educational opportunities were confined to those tihe ordinary com­ mon school afforded. He had an in­ tense desire to secure more than could ibe secured, in this way. Use was ftiade of the village library. From time to time volumes of clas­ sics were borrowed from the more extensive library at Goderich, The love of books took precedence to his inclination to assist in the work on the .farm. For this he exhibited no fondness. His preference was to hide in the hay-loft with his beloved books. One day in a June of the last century, in the early hours a watch­ er might ‘have seen tihe boy—.or should it be said, the young man. —.for he had now reached his eigh­ teenth year—-packing up his belong­ ings. Now, the scene is shifted to the London Road., the highway that runs direct from London on the south, to Clinton on the nort)h, thus dividing the county into the town­ ships of Usborne and Huron. At one point on this highway is the village of Brucefield, directly to the west of which is the village of Bayfield, about eight miles away. Had the watcher followed the actions of the young man, who at the early hour, had been packing up his belongings, at the Brucefield corner, he would have seen a stal­ wart, well-built fellow, bundle on his shoulders, coming along the Bayfied-Bru.cefield Road ■— walking, of course, and with a stride made with determination. Could his mind have been read, that of tihe travel­ ler, it would have been seen that every step must lead him into a world of which at the moment he knew very little, but in which lay his .future. At the corner, which <had now been reached, the corner that led to the north, or to the south, according to inclination, he stood, but for a few minutes, looking in either direction, evidently debating which to take. “Shall I take the one to the north or the one leading south? appeared to ibe tihe subject of his mental de­ liberation. The southern direction won. Neither the excessive heat nor the dust from the heat-burdened soil, now drifting in clouds, seemed to have any affect on the traveller. Along tihat dusty road, at a four mile an hour gait, went the young man. He did, however, divest him­ self of coat and vest, adding these to the bundle that he was carrying on his shoulder. On he went, south­ ward, He was on his way to a fu­ ture, with no idea where that fu­ ture lay, or what it had in store for him. Mile after mile his steps carried him. There was not a sign of fal­ tering. just at the noon hour he arrived at Exeter, the most impor­ tant place between Bayfield^ and London, a nice little town, situate in one of the best agricultural sec­ tions of Western Ontario. The dis­ tance travelled was about twenty miles. He had made it in about five hours. Here was evidence that physical strength' had not given way to the mental. He saw a sign, "Printing Office.” It was the placard of the Exeter Times newspaper. Closing the door of the office preparatory to going home for the dinner hour, was the proprietor Mr. White, and a couple of the employees. The sign had ar­ rested the traveller’s attention. He asked Mr. White k be could be giv­ en a job. To the question if he knew anything about the printing art, he replied that he didn’t know the first thing about it, but was willing to learn, He was open for an engagement. “All right, we want an appren­ tice”—otherwise ‘printers devil.’ A verbal contract, which bound the youthful applicant to a three-year service as apprentice, was entered into, the first year’s salary to be twenty-five dollars with board and lodging, each subsequent year to bring a slight increase. In these days the newspaper owner generally boarded,the apprentice at his home. His duties were to take care of the fires, clean up the office, wash typo, and rollers, do the errands and other work of a more or less menial order. He started his duties the same after­ noon. Due of the junior members of the firm, with an observant eye, felt that the ’printer’s devil’ had liter­ ary merit and that should not be lost in the work of cleaning type and rollers, a fact that his senior member of the firm did not appar­ ently appreciate. The discovery 01 his literary merit was made by the writing of an article describing his trip from Bayfield to Exeter. It was written in a style and of a charac­ ter that showed that .he possessed something that placed him in a class where his literary ability would eventually shine. Although the senior member felt that there was ability of no mean order, he insist­ ed that the boy should do the more or less menial work that was ex­ pected of an apprentice. He was di­ rected to wash the rollers, scrub the type, and continue in the roll of “devil”. A daV or two passed, with occas­ ional signs of dislike for this class of labor. He had been given a down­ stairs ropm in the house of his em­ ployer, a room facing the family garden. The morning of the third day ar­ rived. Breakfast at 6.30. All were seated, but John, the apprentice. He was called, but no answer. A visit was made to his room. It was vacant. The raised window, foot­ marks on the soft earth outside, and the disappearance of the bundle gave mute* evidence that John had taken "French leave”. The work of the ‘devil’ was not to his liking, and he took’ this method of showing it. The next word that came to him' was that he was ‘cub’ reporter on a London (Ont.) paper. Shortly afterwards, it was learned that he was on The Toronto Globe. This was followed by tihe information that he was promoted to the position of the editor-in-chief. He became a close friend of Sir Wilfred (Laurier, and wrote the life of that great states­ man. Later, he, himself received a title This was Sir John Willison, the Bayfield-Exeter adventurer and one­ time “printer’s-devil” in tihe office of a small paper in a small Ontario country town. (The author of the above article, Mr. W. J. White, now of Lockwood, Sask., is the son of John White who was owner and publisher of the Exeter Times at tihe period when Sir John Willison was taken on that paper as an apprentice. Mr. White was connected with the Do­ minion Immigration Department at Ottawa for three 'decades, d'lrring which time he was much in contact with Sir John, when they often talked over the episodes in the Exe­ ter Times office and the day on which Sir John set out on the high road "to follow the gleam.”—Cor. Ed.) THE CHEVROLET truck you buy is built in Canada. It’s designed to cope with Canadian road and climatical conditions. In fact, General Motors produces it on assembly lines devoted exclusively to trucks. That’s why Chevrolet commercial units do such a thoroughly dependable and economical job for individual and fleet owners across the Dominion.'That’s why they’re so prominent in the development of our business, industry and natural resources. If you now operate equipment that needs replacing, see your nearest Chev­ rolet dealer. Ask him to give you an appraisal; let him explain the conveni­ ent financing terms of the General Motors Instalment Plan. Do it today—and start piling up profits right awciy! ■ f.! INQUIRE FROM YOUR NEAREST CHEVROLET TRUCK DEALER McGillivray w. l The McGillivray W. I. held their regular meeting in the West McGil­ livray hall with the Pres., Mrs. J. L. Amos in the chair. The meeting op­ ened with the Institute Ode after which all joined in singing "Long, Long Ago.” Scripture was read by Mrs. Fred Fenton. A report was given by Mrs. Garnet Hodgins. Roll call was answered by naming "My Maternal Grandmother.” A ten min­ ute talk on the hand book was given by Miss Rose Amos. A paper on "Farm and Dairy Industries in Den­ mark” was read by Mrs. Tom Lee who also favored with an instru­ mental on the piano. A demonstra­ tion on a new jar top was given by Mrs, Wm. Patterson. Duet by Mrs. Lin Craven and Mrs. Cecil Ellwood. A paper on the origin of the old Willow pattern was read by Mrs, Jas.‘ Dixon. It wras decided to hold their annual picnic on the baseball grounds at Lieury on Wednesday, August 11; everybody welcome. AU please bring lunch. The contest was won by Mrs. Lin Craven and Mrs. Wm. Hamilton was second Lunch was served .by the committee in charge. FINE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER Among the lovers of camera­ hunting thrills in St, Marys district is a gentleman who is very modest about the products of his art, so much so that few among his neigh­ bors and acquaintances know that Rev. Lyndon Harvey, of Granton is a photographer of no mean merit. He specializes in flower studies, some of which are exceedingly love­ ly. Then, too, he is fond of making portraits of his three children, the cat and friends in the district. He has some .excellent shots of scenes on pie Tenth -of Blanshard along Fish Creek valley. Mr. Harvey uses a .German-made camera and enlarges each picture to approximately 8 1-2 by 7 size.—iSt. Marys Journal-Argus FRACTURES ARM AND LEG Joihn Munn, of McKillop was taken to the Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, Wednesday with a fractured left arm and left leg, the result of a fall from a dredging machine on whioh he was employed at Beeton. He was attended by Dr. E. A. McMaster. BASEBALL TOURNAMENT The Mitcihell baseball team held a tournament in Keterson Park Wed­ nesday afternoon with four teams competing, Seaforth, Carlingford, Staffa and Mitchell. First prize was won by Mitchell, second money going to' Staffa, while the two re­ maining teams received the same prize. CANADIAN-BUILT TRUCKS ELIMV1LLE W. AL 8, Meeting The July meeting of the W. M. S. was held on July 2 1st at the church in connection with the Mission Band and Baby Band who provided most of the program. Jean Davis president of the Mission Band acted as chairman and was assisted by Mildred Veal. Margaret Miners was pianist. The meeting opened by all singing tihe Lord’s Prayer and repeating the ten commandments in unison. Hymn 619 "Once Again Dear ILord we Pray” was sung. Mrs, N. Coultis then read the story of the loaves and fishes, Mrs. Ford led in prayer. The minutes of the June W, M. S, meeting were read and adopted followed by the scrip­ ture lesson by Irene Pooley. Sen­ tence prayers were given .by Mildred Veal, Margaret Miners, Burdene Clarke, Doreen Coultis. Recitation by Kathryn Batten followed by a song by (Shirley 'Coultis, Isabelle Cooper and Grace Brock, Wilma Weal also' gave a recitation and Eunice Penhaie, Wanda Stephen, Gladys Batten and Shirley Brock sang. Another reading was given by D. Elford, Bessie Johns and D. Elford gave a .pleasing piano duet. Murray 'Stephen sang a song; Irene Johns read a story. An interesting poem was given by Howard Pym. Minutes of the Mission Band were read by Eileen Johns. A recitation was given iby Gordon Ford; Bur- dene Clarke, Lois ‘Coward and Leona Coward sang a number and Nellie Sparling read an article. A duet was sung by Mildred Miller and Marion Murch. Ola, Irene, Bessie, Ethelene and Eileen Johns and Dor­ is Elford read synopsis of today’s story from the Study Book which was given by Mrs. Elford. The meet­ ing closed with singing "A little seed lay fast asleep” and Mission Band song. After all had repaired to the basement ice cream and cookies were served to over eighty who were present and a very pleas­ ant social time spent. Mission ircle Picnic The Mission Circle met in River­ view Park, Exeter, on Thursday of last week. Mary Johns had charge of tfae meeting which opened with Pains in Pit of Stomach Half Hour After Eating „Mrs. 0. L. Fairweather, Young’s Cove, N.B., writes:—“For many long months I had been suffering 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 B.B.B., and after I had taken one bottle the pains had com- i pletely disappeared.” A product of The T. Milbum Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Bitters the eall to worship and the hymiL "What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” No. 768 from the Hymngry was read responsively. Readings worn given by Mrs. Harold Bell, Audrey Prance and Gladys Skinner, Eula Herdman read the iScrlpture les­ son Matt. 25 31-40, The Devotional Leaflet "In the Footsteps of Jesus"’ was read by Hazel Johns, Mrs. Chas, Johns led in .prayer. Heralds who responded were Ina Ford on India, Gladys (Skinner on Korea, Hazel Johns op Japan, Laura Ford read an, article, "Hospital Children” Eleven members responded to the roll call. Business was dealt with. The- meet­ ing closed with the hymn "Blest be tbe Tie that Binds” and the Mizpah benediction. A dainty lunch was served. NEW TANK AT GODERICH CEMETERY The new 10,000 gallon tank in­ stalled at Maitland Cemetery and ■1,000 feet of new piping were used recently for the first time. This ad­ ditional supply of water will fill a long felt need and will be deeply appreciated. The appearance of the cemetery is very beautiful at pres­ ent. The walks are being cleaned up and the plots are being cared for more generally. A QUIET, WELL CONDUCTED, CONVENIENT, MODERN IOO ROOM HOTEI__85 WITH BATH WRITE FOR FOLDER TAKE A DE LUXE TAXI FROM DEPOT OR WHARF—250 FEATURES Entirely new valve-in-headl six-cylinder truck engine Increased Power— 78 horsepower at 3,200 r.p.m. • Increased Torque— 170 ft. lbs. at 800-1,600 r.p.m. • Completely new, streamline design • All-Steel Turret Top coupe-type cabs • Larger selection of Factory-Built Bodies • New, lowest-priced Cab-ovcr-ongirto mddel * Perfected Hydraulic Brakes New design steering gear