The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-10-06, Page 7THE EXETER T1MES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1938
SUCCESS
And how well the frosts kept off!
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What is your formula for success?
Have you ever put it down in writ
ing?
If not, let me suggest that you do
it now. It will help you to crystal
lize your acquired Knowledge—it
will serve to give you a positive at
titude toward your objective.
The big secret of success in busi
ness is Knowing how to sustain ef
fort and then, by doing it.
That is trite, yet fundamental. Re
member, the big difference between
men, is energy.
Genius is, after all, a matter of
doing one thing uncommonly well.
Success is for sale if you are will
ing to pay the price—and—that price
is sustained effort, *
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Well, if Dad’s youth was more
righteous, it is only because the
temptations were more difficult.
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Small hats will be worn again this
season—but we hasten to inform
husbands: not the small hat your
wife wore last year,
¥ m
In another 40 years, it will be
your turn to say “I can remember
way back when—"
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made by Magellan in 1519—it took
him t«o years.
Dating from 1492 when Christo
pher Columbus set sail from Spain
to 1577 when Sir Francis Drake
made the second circumnavigation
of the globe—this period was the
most important time in the world
history for discovery and conquest
and it paved the way for world col
onization.
The first man to circumnavigate the
globe under the American flag was
Capt. Robert Grey who sailed from
Boston in ,1787 and returned three
years later, 1790,
The largest mammal in existence
today is the sulphur-bottom whale
which is said to grow to a weight of
more than 100 tons. While there is
no way of knownig the exact weight
of the prehistoric monsters, it is*
safely assumed that few species ever
equaled one hundred tons.
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It is proverbial for the rain to fall
on the just and the unjust alike—
onljr it is just our luck to have the
unjust borrow our umbrella.
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Scientists tell us that the sun will
last another 15 Billion years (ap
proximately, we hope)—then why
all the need of daylight saving?
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European affairs are not settled till they are settled right.
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It's time our old friend ^unconfirmed report" was given a rest,
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No, we didn’t have things all our way at the Munich conference.
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Only steady marching and eternal vigilance. will keep us out
of the jungle. '
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The crisis in Europe did not develop in a day nor will its causes
be removed in a day.
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Yes, Johnny, you may as well limber up your back fox’ the tater
picking and the mangle loading.
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There is greater need than ever these days for keeping our eyes
open, our brains active and our hands busy.
* ' * ♦ mc * gr » .ste
We have escaped war for the time being, but the causes and oc
casions of war in Europe have not been removed. That is the duty
resting upon civilitation.
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Our faces must, be turned to the future. In arranging the new
map of Europe, we must not forget to insist that justice be done
to every nation, whether that nation be small or great.
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Yes, that cap that Chamberlain carried in his hand on his first
approach to Hitler has turned to a eroiwn >of gold, though it was a
crown of thorns the day he carried it. "Not once or twice in our
rough island’s story, the path of duty has-been the road to glory.”
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THE RIGHT SLANT
The mother with two sons of enlistment age who when word
came that there was a respite in the war strain began to sing
"Praise God from whom all blessing flow" had the right slant on a
grave situation.* ****** *
In Angora, Turkey, the sexes argue,
on. equal terms—there are two men
for every woman.
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WHEN SUMMER DIES
When summer dies, and all the trees
Are vibrant with sad memories
And lovely gardens, lately old,
There comes upon the swelling
breeze
From distant isles and sunny seas,
A shot of fragrant memories,
And I am young—however old—
When summer dies.
I wander widely as I please
And capture heavy argosi.es
Of youthful dreams; with spirit
I see for lands, tho’ winds grow
cold
As summer bring uncertainties
And summer dies.
***Par Agon
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Although in the last twenty years
our knowledge of the sidereal world
has more than doubled, the list of
things we want to know has trebled
or quadrupled, leaving us relatively
more ignorant than before.
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"Anything new in the paper to
day, George?"
"No, my dear—-just the same old
things, only happening to different
people.”
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QUIDNUNC
There is a city in Montana that is
spelled the same backward and for
ward and upside down as well—
NOXON, Montana
It is estimated that the U. S. Pos
tal Service delivers an average of 200
letters per year for every man, wo
man and child in the United States.
It is estimated by the American
Contract Bridge Association that
there are more than 15 Million
Bridge players in the United States.
Lady Astor has been a member of
Parliament continously since 1919.
.The largest inland body of water
below sea level is the Caspian Sea
in Asia—south of Russia, north of
Persia and east of Turkistan—-it is
about 60 feet below sea level.
The proportion of W'ater to land
on the earth is about 72 to 28—
or roughly three->quainters to one-
quarter. The land covers fifty-
tliree million square miles—'the wa
ter, one hundred and for.ty-four mil
lion.
The greatest fire in history was
the burning of San Francisco in 19'06
which was the severe series of earth
quakes that affected all surrounding
cities as well as San Francisco pro
per. The fire lasted two days, des
troyed about $300,000,000 woirbh of
property and made over 300,000
homeless.
Now that- circumnavigation of the
globe in four days by air is a matter
of established history. It might be
well to recall that the first recorded
circumnavigation of the globe was
PRANKISH PROBLEMS
Answer to problem No. 33 appear
ing in last week’s column: The te
ther'was 12.5 plus feet long.
Prankish Problems No. 34: A bare
50 jumps ahead of a hound, takes 4
junrps to the hound's 3; but 2 jumps
of the hound’s are equal to 3 of the
hare’s.
How many jumps must the hound
take before he can catch the hare?
(Correct solution will appear in
this column next week:)
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He rocked the boat
Did Ezra Shank; ■
These bubbles mark
o
o
o
o
0
Where Ezra sank.
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If each person had to pass a gov
ernment examination each year to
show they had originated, created,
’inaugurated or initiated some con
structive, beneficial and helpful ser
vice for their fellow man and their
country—what chance would you
have of passing?* * *
No man ever achieved greatness
waiting for instructions.
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Few men are accorded the power
of a tyrant without decoming tyran
nical.
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JOBS
A small man can
make a big job
shrink to littleness
But it takes a big man
To make a little job.
grow into a big one.
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Sarcasm is the voice of failure.
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A man who has few enemies has
few friends.* * *
O. K., N. R.,—and thanks.
I wish I sat ’neath an orange tree
Feeling young, happy & fancy free
But, no, this column I must finish—
With the hoe it isn’t gibberish.
THE COLONEL
To Study Flying
Talk of war, heard everywhere has'
stirred air-minded youths into ac
tion. An instructor visited Goderich
last Tuesday and at the airport, en
rolled a class of seven, six men and
one young women, in less than one
hour. The Flying (hub purposes «on
buying a plane of its own, and one
young man, who already has done
much flying, also plans to purchase
his own machine.
DONALD WATERS, PARKHILL,
LOSES THUMB, 2 FINGERS
Nagging, Dragging Pains in Back
Many women have to do their own
housework, and the constant bending
over, lifting, making beds, sweeping,
ironmg, sewing so necessary to per
form their household duties puts a
strain on the kidneys, and the »aclr-
aches ate undoubtedly caused by
some derangement of tho kidneys, for
if there were no kidney weakness
the back would be strong and well.
Doan’s Kidney Pills help to give
perfect relief and comfort to all
weak, backache suffering women, and
make their household duties a
pleasure instead of a burden*
TIio T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
His hand badly crushed in a feed
cutter, Donald Waters, age 27, of
Parkhill, was taken to St. Joseph’s
Hospital, .London. So badly lacerated
was the hand that the thumb and
two finegrs had to be amputated.
Dr. George Racey, Parkhi.il, was
called to the farm following the ac
cident and had the injured man
transferred to the hospital in Lon
don where he is under the care of
Dr. M. G. Peever.
Hospital authorities said his con
dition was satisfactory, following the
amputation operation.
PERK UP
As the statesmen of the world mind their p’s and q's it is up to
us to mind the step and to watch the pennies and the nickels. This
doesn't mean maybe. With the advent of peace we’ll have better
times, but that doesn’t necessarily mean more money for the plain
fellow who earns his dollar in the hard way.
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BEYOND ALL PRAISE
As loud huzzas meet the ears of the big four powers of Europe,
let us not forget little Czechoslovakia who has done more than could
have been expected of any nation in order that peace might be pro
moted. If she has been called upon to do more than her rightful
share the powers who have made extraordinary demands upon her
must made amends. Not by might and power do nations make pro
gress. Artillery and navies and airplanes are as dust in the pres
ence of moral forces. A thoughtful world waits with interest and
■hope what will be done for the little country that in a world crisis
suffered loss that other nations as well as her own people might not
know the horrors of modern warfare. The mills of God never cease
their fateful grinding.
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ARE AVE WORTHY OF PEACE?
The toiling folk want no war. They desire only the chance to
work undisturbed with modest returns in the days of their strength
and a bite and a sup and a roof in old age. But what of those who
want a well-feathered nest as they go along in luxury when they can
neither toil nor spin? Twenty years ago we failed to realize that
opportunities spell out the rules of responsibility. We quite failed to
see that man is a spiritual being and failed to give ourselves to
simple, downright duty doing. Rather we surrendered ourselves
to wasting our powers in the effort .to gain and to hold. Four thou
sand years ago the experience of the race had demonstrated that
man does -not live by bread alone, nor mainly. In face of dearly-
bought experience, we give ourselves to self-aggrandizement, a
course of conduct that brought its enevitable consequence, the threat
of war. Let us learn our lesson and do better. 'Tis common sense so
to do.
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OUT ON THE CONCESSION LINES
One wonders why the blind ambition of a man in Germany
should interfere with the life of the countryside, but it does. We
were at a silo filling the other day as the roar of the machine seem
ed to drown out everything else. But it didn’t. One of the girls
of the house came out to the barn to tell us that there was to be a
lull in the European storm. A father looked up from feeding the
hungry machine, Uip to his son who was throwing the corn on the
feeding board.' The old chap brushed his work glove across his
face and I noticed moisture in his eyes. The son was of age and of
the physical type and spirit that makes enlistment imperative. "Well
done Roosevelt and Chamberlain!” one mn exclaimed. "They’re not
fooling us?" another quizzed with something like a quaver in his
voice. "Trust old Johnny 'Bull in a time like this!" exclaimed an
other. "That speech of Roosevelt’s at Kingston was not hot air"
said still another. And then the work continued, but there
were more jokes and even the filler seemed to get to its task with
a lighter heart.
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PUT THIS IN YOUR SCRAP BOOK
When things were at their blackest in Europe, The Christian
Science Monitor printed the following. The words Of Karel Capek
strike a very high note:
"When human hope crumbles, when storms sweep away the
frail barriers of material might and uproot all but the firmest faith,
men turn again to fundamentals. It is not surprising that out of
heroic Czechoslovakia seeking strength under unbeatable pressures
should come the truest word of this unhappy time:
The wheel of history cannot stand still and the whole of
mankind is neither stupid nor brutalized. Irrationality and evil
will never rule the world . . . Faith is calm, faith is not for
the moment only.
Karel Capek was voicing no desperate, wishful, optimism, but
a faith his people have proved and are'proving even in the moment
of apparent defeat.
Well may a heartsick, and disillusioned world take heed.
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These are the really critical days. It, looks as if the majority
of men and nations were willing to study war no more. /At the
same time there are enough of the other sort to make things very
nasty. That’s the fact and we may as well abide by that
fact. There would be no need for capital .punishment for murder
were there no murderers. It is not enough for some nice person
to say “Let us all be good boys and girls” in order that public safety
may be insured, There are lawbreakers and outlaws-aplenty who
know no appeal but the application of force. Why deceive our
selves?
There is, too, the new day for business. The great majority
of mon look for nothing but a fair return upon investment and ef
fort , With these there is no trouble. There is no trouble with
those who carry on business in the light of experience. Further,
we need .adventurers in every line of life. Without this class the
life of the world becomes sluggish and diseased. But wo do not
need the foolhardy who go it blind. If ever there was an occasion
for steady judgment on the part of nations and of men this is the
day and the hour. The millenium has not come by any means but
good times are here if only we'll keep our heads ahd work in faith
a little more steadily than ever. It looks as if this fall were big
with opportunities and dangers,
SO YEARS AGO
October 4, 1888
The receipts at the gate of the
Exhibition grounds on Tuesday
amounted to slightly over $400, a
considerable falling off from prev
ious years. The v^et weather did it.
While driving up Main street the
other evening, Mr. Louis Walper and
wife were thrown from the buggy by
the horse making a sudden start and
running away.
While pitching horseshoes on Mon
day, Bert Spicer, a young son of Mr,
D. Spier sustained a serious cut in
the back of his -head by one of the
shoes alighting on him. A few
stitches from a surgeon’s needle
were necessary to draw the scalp to
gether. x
The windows of the dry goods de
partment of Mr. Jas. Pickard’s on
Saturday were very attractive. To
lend splendour to tne occasion Mr,
pickard had two electric lamps erect
ed in front of his premises. Much
credit is due Mr E. Spackman the
energetic manager for the taste dis
played on this and other occasions. .
Mr. George Ranton left on Monday
for Toronto where he has secured a
position.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Colquhoun have
arrived home from their Northwest
trip. They like the country splen
didly but will not migrate for some
time.
Hon. Thos. Greenway, Premier of
Manitoba, spent a couple of days in
town during the week, the guest of
Dr. Rollins.
Dobbs-Isaac-On Wednesday morn
ing at the Presbyterian Church, Bid-
dulpli, by the Rev. Mr. Campbell, Mr.
E. Dobbs, to Miss Mary E., eldest
daughter of Mr, James Isaac, all of
Biddulph.
Walper-I-Ioskins-At the residence
of the bride’s father, by Rev. W. W,
Martin, B.D., on the 26th ult., Mr,
Louis A. Walper, of Usborne, to Em
ma, second daughter of Mr. William
Hoskin, of Exeter.
Mills-Clark-At the parsonage, at
Woodham, on''the 26 th of September
by the Rev. David A. Moir, Mr. Wes
ley Mills to Miss Sarah Clark, both of
the Towhship of Usborne.
25 YEARS AGO
October 2, 1913
Miss Polly Fisher, who has spent
several weeks in the west, returned
to Exeter last week.
I< rancis Hill left Saturday for
Chatham where he has entered the
sei vice of the Dominion Bank.
Mrs. H. Dilling has just returned
from Toronto where she has been
visiting her daughter Mrs. A. M.
Pond.
Miss M. Strang, who has been vis
iting in the West, returned home
on Friday accompanied by her bro
ther Rev. Strang, Supt. of Sunday
Schools of the Presbyterian church
in the West.
Mr. W. T. Wilson, who has been
visiting his son in New York returned
Saturday to spend the winter with
his daughter, Mrs. W. D. Clark
Mrs. Henry Smith, who resides to
the south of Dashwood, met with a
painful accident wnile attending the
Parkhill Fair. She had gone on ths
grandstand and in some manner she
slipped and fell with the result she
sustained a broken arm.
15 YEARS AGO
October 4, 1923
Making Canada
A Better Place in Which to Live and Work
A Series pf Letters From Distinguished Canadians on Vital
Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canndn
Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
and Addressed to the president, George W. (Tames, pf Bowmanville
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LETTER NO. 23
Dear Sir:
As the darky said when asked if
he could change a five, "Thanks for
the compliment."
There are two objectives, both
timely and worthy of our rural press
(1) To make the country "library
conscious", There is nothing worth
calling a library in most rural com
munities. The reading done by the
•people in general is meagre indeed
—and relative to city folk it is very
very small. Let every municipality
have one decent library. Let the
number of books taken out each week
be published and let there be a cam
paign to get more people reading
good books. . The present situa
tion is deplorable. Get our young
folks reading—reading good books,
that is a big job, The church is not
doing it. The school teacher is not
doing it—nobody is doing it. One
good librarian is worth many good
farmers and editors.
(2) The other objective is to
make oui* country folk "beauty con
scious." Our public properities are
mostly ugly—Our school buildings
are ugly—our churches in the coun
try are ugly-—our town halls are a
horror of ugliness. Our cemeteries
have been in recent years redeemed
from their ugliness through a cam
paign. Note the surroundings of our
schools, shrubless, treeless, flower
less and some of them grassless—
their only ornament a pump, a wood
shed and two outhouses. Most of our
churches are in a similiar setting.
Within they are bare structures in
deed. Every municipality should
have a board of inspectors empower-
The law came into effect on Mon
day, October <lst that all cheques and
receipts for $10.00 and over must
bear the special Excise Tax stamps.
Rev. Dr. C. Fletcher, who has long
been a resident of Thames Road
manse as pastor of that church has
purchased a house in Hensail where
he will move shortly.
Mr. E, C. Harvey is moving into
the residence in connection with the
north grocery store, Mr Wm. Green-
ley is moving into the residence va
cated by Mr. Harvey and recently
purchased from Mr. A. W. Anderton.
On Thursday evening of last week
a number of friends gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mi’s. Milton Pfaff,
the occasion being a miscellaneous
shower given in honor of Miss Edytlie
Heideman, bride-elect.
Dow-Doupe
Kirkton United Church parsonage
was the setting for a pretty wedding
when Mildred Abmer, youngest dau
ghter of Mrs. Doupe was united lit
marriage to Mr. David Gordon Dow,
second son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Dow, of Cromarty. Rev. C. L. Lewis
officiated. The bride was gowned
in white crepe and lace with -white
felt hat and lace gloves, knitted by
her mother. She carried a spray ol’
white gladioli. She was attended by
Miss Jean Hocking, also of Kirkton,
who wore maize printed sheer with
bolero, yellow felt hat and accessor
ies to match and carried a spray of
yellow gladioli. The groomsman was
Mr, Earl Dow, brother of the groom.
Following the ceremony dinner was
served at the bride’s homo to the
immediate families with Mies Leona
Doupe assisting. Later Mr. and Mrs.
Dow left on a short motor trip, the
bride wearing a navy blue printed
sheer, navy blue coat with navy ac
cessories,
ed to say what ought to be said
about our abounding ugliness.
And lastly our roqds and highways
are a sight. The auto has driven
away the sheep who once mowed to
fine sward the margin between ditch
and fence. Look at it now—-all gone
to seed and buried in dust.
So there you are—two things to
do—books and beauty—take your
choice but believe me I am not
grouching for the fun of it. The
depression is passing—surely some
thing beside economics might be in
the minds of -us all.
Now another thing, The art of ad
vertising has become stereotyped in
newspapers. It should be turned in
side out and upside down by all be
ing rewritten in a bright newsy style.
And the amount of it should in
crease sixty fold. Today I want to
buy some young stockers, also some
young pigs, also a disk harrow, etc.
Today someone in the vicinity wants
to sell these very things. Neither
buyer or seller is advertising—both
have a natural repugnence to pub
licity. If I owned a rural paper I
would drive for buy and sell adver
tisements by publishing none of then
a whole page "free"—just to get 'em
started. It would be on condition
I rewrite to suit myself each adver
tisement, and not one was published
Which was not fairly accurate in des
cription and which—this is import
ant—exact price was stated. An ad
without a price is a sickly ad—not
worth a hoot.
Ever yours,
(REV. DiR.) R. P. BOWLES,
Ex-Chancellor, Victoria
University, Toronto
GOLDEN WEDDING MARKED
BY ST. MARYS COUPLE
Fifty years of happily married life
were culminated on September 26th
when Mr. and Mrs. Wesley D. Mills,
St. Marys, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary. Both promin-’
ent St. Marys citizens. Mr. and Mrs.
Mills received over 150 callers dur
ing Monday afternoon and evening.
Innumerable gifts and cards were
received by the happy couple.
Since moving to St. Marys twenty
years ago, Mr. Mills has been in the
grocery business. It was fifty years
ago in Woodham that Sarah Clarke
became the bride of Wesley Mills
when Rev. D. Meyers officiated. They
lived in the village of Woodham for
18 years where Mr. Mills was a but
cher. Then one year was spent in
the West before they returned to On
tario to live in London. Mr. and Mrs.
Mills lived there for five years be
fore coming to St. Marys.
At the reception, their grandchild,
Lois Rundle, attended the door. Mrs.
T. Thompson of London received the
guests. In the afternoon tea was
poured by Mrs. James Mills, Wood
ham, and Mrs. John McMaster, of
St. Marys. In the evening those
pouring tea were Mrs. Harry ‘Mills of
Ingersoll, Mrs. William Mills and
Arthur Rundle, of Woodham. Those
assisting at the tables were Mrs. Ro
bert Walker, granddaughter of .Mr.
and Mrs. Mills, St. Marys, Mrs. Wil
liam Mills, Woodham and Mrs. Fred
Jackson, of St. Marys.
Mr. and Mrs. Mills have one son
living, Henry in Ingersoll. Their only
daughtei’ died several years ago. They
have eleven grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
—-London Free Press
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