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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-03-31, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938 SUPERVISION 50 Years Married Salaries are based on the account of supervision a person requires. The man who can plan and think while he is working is paid more than the man who can do only what lhe is told to do. A still greater advance is when a man can create constnuicitively for the other fellow to apply to his work. The more you study and -plan your work, the less supervision you require, and in turn, the more money you are worth. Executives who draw big salaries are 'paid because they can supervise the work of a number of people . . the more people they can ikeep gain fully and above all productively em ployed, the more money they are worth. Do more work then you are expected 'to do Stick to a task until it’s through, Think and plan, scheme and work Never mind if the others shink- Find new ways to. get things done And Brother, you’ll find your place in the sun.* * * Did you ever notice that the chaps who get the lucky breaks are the ones who don’t believe in luck?♦ * • There are times when silence is more potent than speech.* * * It does not take any considerable amount of gray matter or original ity to criticise.* * * (Some people believe that to be *a ‘super’ anything, they must begin by being supercilious.* * * Efficiency is a great thing . . . providing it is a means to an end and not the end itself.* * ♦ 'Competition makes easy jobs hard to find.* * * HEREDITY Janothan Edwards was born in Winsor, Conn., 235 years ago. His wife was Sarah Pierpont. They rais ed a family of twelve 'Children. From them descended 80 iStaite Governors, 200 notably successful Business Men, 12 College Presidents 65 College Professors, 60 Physicians,' 60 Authors, 3 0 Judges, 100 Lawyers; 100 clergymen, 3 Congressmen, 2 United States Senators and 1 Unit ed States Vice-President. Jonahan himself was a prodigy. He graduated from Yale at the a|ge of 17. At 55, he became the President of Princeton University. A recent survey made in Eunupe seemed to show that the age of the ■father had a very considerable in- fluemce on the intelligence of the son The survey showed that among Statesmen, Scientists and other men of outstanding achievement, the pro portions of sons wlhO' attained emi nence was twice that of normal when the fathers were 45 at the son’s bin'th; 10 times normal when the father’s age was 60; and 50 times normal when the father’s age was 70. * ♦ ♦ HOW’S ABOUT IT If you love a man, He isn’t worth it. If you don’t love him, You don’t know . what ’ you ■Want. If you lead him on, - You’re a flirt. If you ignore him, You’re heartless. If he has money, You're mercenary, If he hasn’t any money, You’ne foolish, If he's old, you’re Robbing the grave. If he’s young, you’re Robbing the cradle. •If you stay at home, You’re an old maid. If you don’t, For the love of Mike . . . You’re a rounder. What’s a poor girl going to do?* * * birthday gift 'Because she was born ‘‘out of all reason” on Christmas Day, Robert Lous Stevenson gave his own birth day to little Anne Ide, daughter of the Chief Justice of Samoa. In a formal document bristling wth legal terms, she was admonish ed to “enjoy the same by sporting of the raiment, eating -of rich meats and receipts of gifts, 'compliments, copies of verses.” But if Anne should neglect any :of the above conditions, he revoked the gift and transferred “said birthday to the President’ of the United States for the time being.” Many years later, when she be come Mrs. B'ourke C'ockran, Anne received an official letter from the White House, soon after the 13th of November* in which President Taft demanded proof in fine legal phrases that all requirements had been ful filled. “Otherwise”, he wrote “as residuary legatee, the birthday noW ‘belongs to me.”* * * Pi’anldsli Problems Answer' to Problem No. 6: The round tank will hold 308,025 gallons more than the square tank. Problem No. 7:—A hobo was rid ing a slow train through the desert. The train, including the engine was 5 0 cars long .and was traveling at a constant speed. The hobo got off the rear end of the train and walk ed to the front of the engine then turned around? and walked back to the same rate of speed until he met the rear end again. The rear end is • now where the front of the en gine was when he started. How many car lengths did he wallk? Watch for the correct answer in this space next week. * * * The only interesting people are those who hove done something. * * An optimist is a woman who thinks everything is for the best— and that she is the best.* * * Signs Pawnbroker’s Sign: iSee me at your earliest inconvenience. 'Beauty shop: If your hair isn’t 'becoming to you, you should be com ing to us. Sign Painter: We made signs before we could talik. Laundry: Le soalk the clotlhies not the customer. In the elevators of a Duluth Hotel: You are never fully dressed until you wear a smile.* * * According to Hindu, lbws, lying is I justified in only two cases: In sav- ’ ing a person’s life and in paying a compliment to a lady. One of the most romantic mem orials in the world today is the “Founain of Tears” in Bakchiserai, Russia. Erected by a Tartar ruler to express his grief at the death, of a captive Polish Princess, it has ‘shed a tear’ (a drop of water) onice every minute fon the past 300 years.* * # f There is nothing too good for the mind. • *•••»♦» A small sugar loaf may mean a full flowr 'barrel. * * * * * • * ♦ The gold in a good example insures a loyal following. * * March rain of course. * • a foggy night. « * Look up the old diary. * * * * * * “Sweet is tfaie sunshine after The If a The barn’s the place for the • * • • little snow comes, don’t * • *« * * rain.” • • car on * « freit. « fall wheat is looking well. * * ** * The medders are O.K. * * * Seventy in the shade on tlhie 21st of March. Who says Miami? ******** The secret of success is attack, pursue and rally.”—Cromwell. * * ♦ is to take Ihiold on life in a * • t * One of the pleasures of humans hearty, human way. ♦ r <• w * Looks as if Hitler were going to back yard of Berlin. * * • make the rest of Europe the * Nothing worth having will be lost, trated by taking time. * * * * ** no PICOBAC == pipE —— ML TOBACCO FOR A MILD,COOL SMOKE A QUIET, WELL CONDUCTED, CONVENIENT, MODERN 1OO ROOM HOTEL—8S WITH BATH WRITE FOR FOLDER TAKE A DE LUXE TAXI FROM DEPOT OR WHARF—25oA /» Procrastination You have been a Floating raft For my conscience: When you strike sharply Against the edge of IF'inal Reckoning There will be no Delicate distinction Between you and Broken promises. * * Ms Here is one you can work out with just a little thinking: Last week in Arkansas a man stepped up to the 'railroad ticket agent’s window and asked for a ticket to Atkins. The agent said it was $3.00. The man said he had only $2.00 but “Wait, I’ll step out and get it.” When bo returned ho had the $3. He was asked how he got it and he said: “I went to a pawnbroker anti pawned the $2.00 for $1.50. Then I sold the pawn ticket for $1.50.” 'Can you tell who was out One Dollar? 4s * * Just four more lines For me to write And this column is ended I hope it is right. THE COLONEL * * * “Czechs move to satisfy for that newspapei1 headline. ♦ * • “Roads Hold Up Country * . the * * needs * * * of * * Germans.” We looked * .. . a newspaper headline. That’s better than letting tlhie traffic down. We know. Traffic” runs ******* Mt It would have been very fine if Britain’s Ex-Foreign Minister could have tuirned Europe in|to a garden of Eden. * I* “Keep 'pushing, In life's earnest * • ****** ’tis better than sitting aside battle and waiting the tide.” ****** A large rat and his family were found by the fire department in a cosy nest in a casihi register. The owner of the register did not advertise. • * • ♦ • » « Some of us waste a lot of time trying to find out how the big fellows do tlhiings. We’d get on faster if we tried to find out how the big fellows think. ♦ ••••••« ■Is it not time for a wfluole lot of people to quit denouncing the men who have become dictators and to learn from them. A dictator is the sign of a condition. ***** *** Britain is getting a bit tired of sacrificing her blood and treasure for folk who don’t help themselves. iSIhie has fought the battles -of far too many who have brought on tlheir own troubles. ******** LAMENTING Butter fat 36 cent's a pound! Hogs ten cents On the hoof! Just our luck—we’ve neither cow nor pig. Ho hum! ******** THE PRIME MOVERS It’s steady old Dobbin, the bacon Ihog, the laying hen and the thrifty cow that keep things moving. * xs ♦ » * * * • Did you ever think that if a great many of the church’s cri tics were to check up -on what she has done and on what slhie stands for this minute that tlhiey’d get their hats off, roll up itheiir sleeves and give her a boost by working hard in her ranks? ******** “Bombers tuirn Barcelona into 'city of death'.” As we read the foregoing we thought of the following lines: “Right forever on the scalffold, wrong forever on the throne. Yet that scaffold shapes the future and behind the dim unkown iStandeth God, within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.” ****** * * OUR HOPE “He left Austria as a humble decorator” Brother Ford tells. Such an unusual decoratoi’ is liable to turn out that way. We hope that Austria has an humble plumber hidden somewhere in her diggins. • John McCormick, born on Irishman, since 1919 a citizen of the United States, and the world’s favorite singer of Irish songs, is ireputed to have been asked to run for the Presidency of Ire land. Tlhie minstrel iboy is reputed to have said that he will accept ■the offer, provided all Irish factions unite in making it. 'On that condition he’ll have some whistling as well as singing ahead of him before he becomes the chief executive of the “Ever Green Isle.” ****£*** LIVING HIGH We had dinner at Uncle Si’s one day last week. He’s a queer old codger and Aunt Mandy is his wonderful helpmate. We had potatoes fresh in from the pit. There was apple sauce from Spies fresh from the pitting and some fresh dug parsnips. There was some homemade biread, balked the day before and some butter from Aunt Mandy’s buttery. We had fried chicken and fresh maple syrup. Oh my! Did digestion wait on appetite and health •on both? “From scenes like 'these!” Kings may be great but we were glorious! **** **** THINK OF THIS ■Our Exeter merchants are through stock-taking, have got some spring goods on the shelves and an occasional Easter bonnet in (the window. Yes, and these men have a way of paying good taxes in Exeter, will smile on your couirtship, will attend your church, dance at your wedding, kick up a shindy at your charivari, Ibring a pair of shoes when you have a christening and mouirn at your funeral and help your widow and your orphan—and give you as square a business deal (and then some) as you’ll get any where. GLAD TO HEAR IT We were glad to hear Dr. Cody telling us the other day that when a vote of some sort of other was taken in Toronto University the other day to find out how youth of the Province stood as re gards the old fashioned party lines, that over 90 per cent, ran hue to the good old, well-tried party lines that hate kept us go ing since democracy became a fact in the Dominion. He regard ed this as a sign of the steadiness of Canadian youth. The heartening fact is that the youth of this Dominion are a very fine lot, when 'they’re not tampered with. The last thing we want to see in youth is dry rot. We rather like tlhie colt that takes an occasional shy with his heels at the dashboard of ue good old buggy. Healthy minded, yoiuth Huas a way of correcting its own excesses. Wo Were yoiung once. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hodgins Sr. of Giantou,’.celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on March 24th, Mr. Hodgins is 96 years of age and his wife 87. They were born and raised in the Granton district, For 26 years they lived in Stephen Twp, leaving Greenway district 31 years ago. All their children but one are living. They a>re James E», Stephen Township; Harry, Riddulph Town ship; Mrs. j. w. Mailk, Winnipeg; Richard, of Blanshard Township; Mrs. E. Harlton, Biddulph Township Hubert, of Blanshard Township, and E. principal of Woodstack Colleg iate, Rev. Walter, another son died about 21 years aigo. Off to Ottawa The London Free Press contained the .picture of Col. Duncan Ross, M. P. and Miss Marion Bice, in a C.N. R. train prior to leaving London for Ottawa. Miss Bice, 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mirs. Austin Bice, of Clandeboye, won a popular ity and efficiency contest at Lucan High School and left as the guest of Col. D. G. Ross, M.P. for North Mid dlesex. The seven-day visit to the Dominion capital was the prize of fered by the colonel, which will ibe offered to the winner of a similar contest at Belmont H. S. next year. Miss Bice was the popular choice of both the boys and girls attending Lucan H. S. rained on the Thous- Frogs, Frogs, Frogs .GUELPH—It must have frogs just north of Aberfoyle Guelph-Hamilton Highway, ands of frogs covered the full width of the road for a quarter of a mile and were killed in hundreds by auto mobiles, maiking the road slippery and dangerous. Well-Conditioned Boms not have to make and im- As Well As Fann Houses Farm owners take justifi able pride in keeping their buildings in good condi tion. If you do the ready cash needed repairs provements, you can tor-' row at the Bank, under the j Home Improvement Plan, j You can get the money J at any one of our 5001 branches and repay by easy J instalments. BANK OF MONTREAL ESTABLISHED 1817 “a bank where small accounts are welcome GODERICH YOUTH YOUNGEST PILOT 'Frank Vines, 17-year-old Gode rich flyer, became the youngest Can adian to hold a private pilot’s license. 'He qualified by passing necessary tests at Hamilton airport. Vines, formerly of London, celebrat ed his coming license, hours’ applied 17th birthday recently, be- eligible to apply for a To his credit were 127 solo flying. He promptly for pilot license. CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Edward Robinson, well-known residents of Mitchell, celebrated their golden anniversary on March 22nd. Following a six o’clock dinner 150 friends and .neigh bors and relatives gathered to honor the couple and presented them with a radio. Trinidad is the largest market for Canadian cheese in the Eastern group of the British West Indies. [REUROLET GIUES U5 mORE MID (OSTS 115 LESS YES, thousands of Canadian families are learning that a little money never bought so much—until the new Chevrolet arrived! Check, the low prices yourself—against all the modem, exclusive features you get—and you’ll see why people are swinging to Chevrolet for a better money’s worth. Then take a look at run ning and upkeep costs. 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