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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-03-13, Page 3STEPHEN COUNCIL, THE METER. TIMES-APVQCATJE TIICHS1MY, MARCH 13th, UMl joMEmemiE HEAD COLD Misery Fast! Jf you are suffering with discomforts of , a head cold, enjoy the grand relief that, comes when you Use Vicks Vartro-nol. 3-piurpose Va-tro-nol js so effective be­ cause it does three important thlngs-- (1) shrinks swollen membranes- (2) soothes irritation-(3) helps flush out the nasal passages, clearing clogging mucus, No wonder Va-tro-nol is Amer­ ica’s most widely used nasal medicine! ...And remember, if used in time,Va-tro-nol helps VSCMS to prevent manycolds developing, wM"TRO“flOla 15 YEARS AGu I mad© whereby to sign cards if to have their and as a re- Mr. Trueman Elliott has sold his residence on Main St. to Mr, Roy Webber who gets April. Miss Edith Walter a few days with hiss of Dashwood, Mr. Bert Gillespie is holidaying in Buffalo. Mrs. Reg. Knight returned last week after visiting her sister in De­ troit. M;r, Merlin Johnson, olf' Cen­ tralia, visited with Mr. and Mrs Earl Johnson pf Zion over the Week- . end. Miss B. Gollings has taken a posi­ tion in St. Marys, Mr. J. G. Stanbury was in Toronto several days last Week where he was engaged as icouncel in the Court of Appeal, , Mr. Rd. Coates, of Usborne, has disposed of his fine 200-acre farm at Eden to Mr. Earl Whiting, of Parkhill, son-in-law of Mr*. Josiah Kestle, of Exeter. Mr. Alvin Brintnell, of Stratford, visited under the parental roof tliifc week. Mrs. William Snell and Mrs. Ul- ric .Snell Were in Lucan on ‘Fridav last visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Vie- tbr’‘Snell. Messrs. W. R. Goulding and Frank Sheere leave today “for. .To­ ronto to hear the Mendelssohn choir at Massey Hall. Miss Dorothy* Shell is ill with tonsilitis. possession in is visiting for Anna Tieman, he shall be which shall treatments. Bossenberry interviewed paid con­ un d the Council’s was in St. S.S.No. 3 -.Sr.4—T. Jr.4—V. 25 YEARS AGO Mrs. Daniel Davis is visiting at the hoine of her daughter, Mrs. Olipson, of Ingersoll. Mr. G. E. Anderson Marys last week. The school report of Stephen is as fololws: Willis, G. Schroeder. Hogarth. Sr. 3—E. Preszcator, L. Parsons, N. Sanders. Jr. 3—-A. Christie. C. Willis, E. '•Schroeder, E, Preszcator, J. Dearing, G. Jacob. Sl*. 2—C. Christie, E. Dearing. Jr. 2—J. Willis, F. Parsons, H. Schroe­ der, H. Penhale, B. Preszcator. Part 2, R, Jory, S. Dearing, A. Preszca­ tor, E. Dearing. E. Love, Teacher. Mr. .Sylvester Wuerth, of ton has been engaged with Bros., Crediton. Private Archie Davis, of was home tor the Week-end. An enjoyable surprise party was hqld at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Sims, of Stephen, on Friday night, when neighbors and friend? gathered together to honor Private S. W. Sims, and presented him with a handsome wrist watch. Mr. Les­ lie Richards made the presentation. Buswell—Blair—- At the Methodist Church parsonage -on Matolv lSth. by Rev. W.’-A. Finlay, Mr. Homer iBuswell of Usborne to Miss Ag­ nes C. Blair, of Stephen. Credi- Faist Galt, I The Qounell of the Township of. Stephen met in the Town Hall, Cre­ diton, on Monday, the 3rd day of March, 1941 at 1 p.m. All members were present, The minutes of the previous meeting' were read and adopted on motion of Thomas Love, seconded by Nelson Schenk, The Clerk reported he has re* ceived a cheque from the provincial Treasurer for $2,230/81 allowed as a subsidy by the province on the 1940 expenditure on Township roads, At the request of the' Local Board pf Health. Dr, Taylor as Acting Med­ ical Officer of Health, waited on the Council to discuss with them the in- noculation pf children for diphtheria and scarlet fever. The doctor re­ ported a survey of the Township Schools had been ■parents were asked they . were willing children inoculated suit 90 per cent were returned sign­ ed favorably, It was moved by Roy Ratz, Seconded by Arthur Amy and carried that in view of the result ot this survey Dr. Taylor is hereby authorized to proceed with the in­ oculation of children in the muni­ cipality for diphtheria and** Scarlet fever and that he shall make his own arrangements aS to when and where the treatments are to *be given for which $1.00 a patient sist of eight full Messrs. Bruce Peter Eisenbach Council with regard to obtaining a grant towards advertising the Blue Water Highway. Moved by Thomas Love, and seconded by Roy Ratz, that a grant Of $50(00 be made to the ’Blue Water Highway Associa­ tion for advertising purposes, Car­ ried. M. W. Telfer, one of the auditors appointed by the Council to audit the Treasurer’s books as well as those of the Dashwood Hydro Com­ mission reported that he and Daniel Weber had audited the books and found them correct and filed the printed report for the perusal. Moved by Arthur Amy, seconded by Thomas „Love, that the report -of the auditors be accepted and that they be paid their re­ muneration and that fifty copies be printed. Carried. , Moved by Roy Ratz, seconded by Thomas - Love, that the Tax Collec­ tor be instructed to continue, ’ the collection .of arrears of taxes for the year 1940 until the 15th inst Carried. Moved by Nelson Schenk, second­ ed by ^,ytjijjr.+Amy;,. that.-,..the fol­ lowing1 orders *"and*' ‘voucher shpe?’ be passed. ' Account No. 2,; grants to Police villages on 1940 subsidy, Centralia, $9*25, Crediton, $4.18, Dashwood $84.9 8. Grand Bend, $441.49. total. $539.90; Waterloo Mut. Fire Ins Co,, premium on Town Hall, $23.00: Lucele Lochner, conveyance to San., $2/00; Hydro Electric Tower Comm., account, town hall, $4.3 5* Dom. of Can. General Ins. Co., pre­ mium, Treasurer’s bond,- $20 00- Anna Gill, rent, Jackson, $3/00: Cora Gaiser, milk, Jackson.......6.72* Faist, Bros., groceries, Merner $16.00; Centralia .Farmers’ Co-op erative Co., fuel, Merner, $37.55 Appleton, $11.50, total, 49.05; A- G. Webb, groceries, DaVis, $10.00 Prov. Treas., insulin acct., $2.11' Treas. County Huron, hospitaliza­ tion, Perkins, $30.60, Stebbins. $18.3 5, total, $48.9'5; M. W. Teh fer, auditor’s fees, $30.00; Daniel Weber, auditor’s fees, $30/00; Res- temeyer & Miller, groceries, Jack- son, $12.00; John A. Pollard, gro­ ceries, Appleton, $20/00; Blue Wa­ ter Highway Association grant., $50.00; Harry Yearley, sheep killed j by dogs, $56.00; Voucher Sheet No. 3, $1,041.43. Carried. The Council adjourned again in thia Town Hall, on Moiiday, the 7 th day 1941, at 1 p.m. H. K. Silber, Twp. Clerk to meet Crediton. of April. ChiWftn’smgte -It' iS hard to keep the children from taking cold j they will run out of doors not properly clad; have bn tod much clothing and get overheated and cool Off too suddenly; tlwy got tlieif feet wot; kick off the bed clothes at night. ’tlm mother cannot watch them all the time, so what la she going- to do? Mothers should never neglect the -child’s Cough or cold, but on its in­ ception should procure a bottle of- I)A Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup. It is so pleasant to the taste the younpeters t'lkd it without any fuss. Tha T. ilnbuhi Co* LlA Toi'onlo, Onh i Dusting Off an Old One It is a well known fact that spite of the prepent Axis partner­ ship, there is no love lost between the Italian and the German people. One day, shortly after the news of the numerous defeats suffered by^ the Italians oh various fronts had sifted through the rigid' censorship an Italian was seated in the back of his house giving serious thought to the sad plight of his people and trying to understand a dream he J had the previous night. It seemed that an angel had come to his bedside and told him he could have anything he Wished for, but that whatever he wished, Hit- . ier Would be given twi.ee as much. The dream had been so vivid that he mere than half-believed that whatever he Wished, his dream Would come fltrue. Naturally, he thought bf ait the blessings and good things in life he could wish for, hut each time ho thought about it, lie realised that Hitler would get twice as much.«...,.,.„if lie wished for hon­ ors or riches Or wealth. Hitler would got the same In double measure. At last he had an idea..,.,. - ... he murmured devoutly, “to made hllhd in one eye.” in /‘I wish.” be What you dot/t know makes a mighty hH dW&f&nim iw ymrt’ salary -—later on. Charlie 'TrmbDor Writes from England Feb. 14th, 1941 Editor, Timas-Advocate, Deal* Melv; This letter will peed introduction, I know, but I feel it my duty to thank you and your staff, for the way you have been sending me the Exeter paper, it sure makes us feel as if we were at home, espec­ ially* upon receiving one of the copies. I. can tell you it is read oyer several times, then put away and in a day or two taken opt and J look over it again te make sure I didn’t miss anything, I failed to get some of the copies. They no doubt got lost somewhere, but luckily I still have some of them left, Scottie Easton .brought me the one’s you sent to him and they happen to be the right copies, so you see I have them all up to Jan ,9 th. I am in the best of health so far and can’t complain very much about, anything. I guess it’s knowing a little about army life that helps. This country when there is no keep it for me. our own Canada to live. The doing just What they like now. Our boys are making it very- hot for them. Just as soon as they are sighted, they haven't much chance Of ever going back over that Chan­ nel. The odd one get’ away. Well, that’s the law of average working, but some day the odd one will get it too. Here’s hoping that no more of his bombers get over here. Every­ time a bomb drops somebody gets killed and that makes somebody's family very unhappy, I haven’t been ablq to see ahy of the other Exeter boys yet, but’ I .am living in hopes of seeing them all. Please remember me to all, and have Robert write a few lines. We all-like to get letters from home, You have no idea what it feels like when other boys set letters and par­ cels and you don’t get any. I. will close for this time, hqping this finds you and your family well and again thanking you good old Exeter paper and you the best of luck. Sincerely yours, F, C. is a swell place war, but they can I still think that is the best place air raiders are not for the wishing. Tribner A29182 L.Gpl.. Tribner, F. C.,. ^o.‘ <3 L.A.D'., R’.C.O.G., st A.F.W., C.A.S.F., Base Popt Office, Canada. /fcn THAMES ROAD AND ROYS (Too late for last week) The skating carnival held en Fri- evening was well attended, A enjoyable time was spent- by A booth in connection was .patronized. The prize-winners Stire, Aimer under 14 years, Marion Hodgert; Allison Morgan, 10 years and un- Rpy Ferguson, John Cann; day very all. well were as follows: Boys’ comic, John Cann. Russell Mills; ladies’ comic. Hazel Johns, Thelma Parker; girls’ speed, Thelma Parker, Helen Selves; men’s speed, Carl Passmore; girls Marjorie Parker, boys under 14, Bob Abram; boys der, young men’s relay race, Bob Cann; and Carl 'Stire, Roly Williams and Bruce Mair. Prizes wbre in War Stamps. The WA. held their February meeting on-Wednesday afternoon at the church with 19 present. Mrs. Mair opened the meeting With pray­ er, after which the minutes were read and approved. The program was given by Mrs. James Hodgert and her gave a Mrs. R. Coward, Best Policy”; a reading) group. Mrs, Will Stone reading, "Emergencies”; Miller, a solo; Mrs. R. reading, ‘‘Honesty is the Mrs. Stanley Cow­ ard, a reading, "Salute 41”.' The Lord’s prayer was repeated in uni­ son, and the meeting closed with the National Anthem. Mrs. Squires spent a few days with her .daughter, Mrs, Jas. An­ derson. Messrs. L. Passmore, Melvin Gar­ diner, Ken Duncan spent the week­ end in Toronto With relatives an,(l attended the h’oekey , .match be­ tween the Bruins and the Leafs. The local hockey team played Winchelsea on home ice on Tues­ day night with a shore of 9-1 for Thames Road. On Wednesday ev­ ening the boys played against Gran­ ton and the game ended 10-4 for Thames Road. They played Moth­ erwell at St. Marys on Thursday night, losing the game 7-1. The World Day of Prayer was observed on Friday at the church. Mrs.’ John Hodgert contributed a sblo, the program from, the Mission­ ary Monthly being carried out. Mrs. R. Canh gave the topic oh Miss McKim. Reeve Passmore and Councillors John Hodgert and C. Eisher attend­ ed the Municipal and Good Roads convention at Toronto last week, ‘returning on Friday. Several from this locality attend­ ed the skating carnival at Loudon On Saturday bight. Mrs. L. Baliantyhe is recovering after her reiiOht oporatfon at Vic­ toria Hospital* Agricultural Representative Sheerer- Suggests Mesuiw -of Meeting ‘Farm Help Shortage i With an acute shortage of farm labor anticipated thia year, and with every indication the sherk- age will be accentuated as the war ; progresses* J. c. Shearer, agricul­ tural representative for Hhron pro­ poses five methods to meet the con­ tingency. Tq begin with, he urges the 'use of arger units, wherever possibe, such .as a five-horse hitch instead of two or three horses, With the use of ar ger units, a great sav­ ing in man-hours can be effected in harrowing, discing and cultivating operations, Secondly, Mr. Shearer suggests the organization pf a community so that, farmers with tractors and trac­ tor equipment Will do custom work for farmers' in the district who are without tractors,. The question of rates, of course, would be a matter for the farmers to arrange between themselves. The point is, Mr. Shear­ er states, tha't praetors ordinarily are operated only a few days in a year, whereas, under this scheme, the use of tractors can be increased tenfold. In such an emergency as- farmers are facing this season, Mr, Shearer Would have tractors oper­ ate from sunrise to sunset and, if necessary, for 24 hours a day. He points out, in this connection, that considerable plowing was not done last fall owing to the wet weather and all this has to be done this Soring in addition to regular seed­ ing operations. With this addition­ al work .and with less help avail­ able, the maximum use of tractors, ,he says, is Vital to- meeting the emer­ gency. Next (and he ranks this the most important) Mr. Shearer 'urges a re­ turn to the old-fashioned method of exchanging work with neighbors. This practice, although still fol­ lowed in many cases, has fallen off precipitously in recent years. Shar­ ing work to a vastly greater degree would be of particular value dur­ ing the haying and harvesting sea­ sons. Fourth,. Mr. Shearer advo­ cates, wherever possible, greater use of labor-saving equipment, such as milking machines. Milking ma­ chines have been installed by own­ ers of six dairy herds in the Goder­ ich district during the last twelve months, and Willis Van Egmond. Hullett Township Holstein breeder, installed one only recently. Lastly, Mr. Shearer believes that I women and high school boys will be forced to take up the slack in the employment situation. He paid! ■ high tribute to'^tn'e‘manner in'-which farm women .pitched in last year when the labor shortage begap. to make itself felt. Had it not been for the unstinting'help given, by the womenfolk, many farmers would*-' have been .really ‘‘up against it,” :he stated. The demands upon wo­ men will probably be even greater during the busy seasons this com­ ing year. Under the new Depart­ ment of Education ruling, High School boys this year can receive their term’s academic standing at Easter, without writing examina­ tions, provided they go on farms and give satisfactory service. The wages suggested for these boys are $15 for the first month (a trial month) and after that the boys.will arrange their own dqals with their employers. I Mrs. W. A. Bremner, of Seaforth, has been seriously ill with pleurisy. John Craig, of Hensall, who, along with his sister, Miss Craig, has peen spending several weeks in Seaforth, where Mr. Craig was taking treatment, became ill oh. Thursday morning and was remov­ ed to the Scott Memorial Hospital. INTERESTING NOTES FROM EARLY SCHOOL DAYS By W. H. Johnston; am enjoying today with a greatI . . . deal of pleasure, a short history of early school life, written by the late John H. Medd, who had farmed in the Township of Hullett, Huron County, for over half-a-century. In 1920 he and Mrs. Medd retired from farm work and moved to Exeter, where they resided until they passed away. ' This delightful brochure is en­ titled “When the Old Folks were Young”, and is a> most interesting story of school life and experiences in the middle of the last century. His first teacher had a unique way of introducing his new pupils to school life and all will be interested in reading Mr. Medd’s description of his first experiences in his pur­ suit Of an education: “I was born in the suburb of Millbrook, In East Durham, one of the loveliest villages in Durham every hillsidb are emblems of eternal It was down one of County..,...Oii evergreens; friendship. tho$e hills I walked to school ,76 years ago, the first time from heme, The teacher called1 me to his desk and asked me my name and age; ■ After I told him he asked me If I fWbuld fight his “Yaw”. I may say that Master Gecgan had five child­ ren going to echool ahd had nick- names for all of them. YaW was the youngest. I would not fight but a boy, not sb big as Yaw, jump- ed up and said, ‘I’ll fight you Yaw/ "I had never seen a tight so I stood and looked on. It was great. They stood up and boxed like pug­ ilists. At last the little hoy hit Yaw on the chin. It was a knock- put. Yaw's head hit against the stove and cut his forehead. The teacher clapped the victor on the back and said he would make a man 'some day, "He took his boy up to his desk, washed the blood from his face, put some sticking plaster on the cut and told him to take his seat, My first lesson in fighting—I was an apt pupil, I have had a warm place in my heart ever since for* the boy who fought my won. "The teacher forbade going 'bn the- millpond was not safe. My brother and I were early and went on the pond. The ice was lovely. Clear as crystal but maybe not safe. When we came into school the teacher* asked my^brother if he had been on the pond. He said he had been. The teacher then picked up the poker and struck at my brother who jump­ ed behind the stove and it got the blow, which nearly broke the pipe. When the teacher saw what he had done he threw the poker* down and said ‘Take your seat.’ The vent helped to sober* the teacher. ‘‘We of today would think such a teacher should not be engaged; but he had his good points and was considered a good teacher. He had a. love for his mother. He would call up to his desk one of his best reader’s and get him- to read the lesson in the old school book, en­ titled ‘My Mother’, Tears would run down his cheeks and he would say, ‘That is the best poem that was ever written’/’ Soon after this Mr. Medd’s family moved to Cartwright. He had at­ tended school for four weeks in Millbrook and had learned his A B C’s. And now we shall allow Him to tell of early experiences in the school at Cartwright: “I commenced my school days here in a little log about a quarter of a home. The teacher* man named Clarke, little of him as a teacher, know he whipped me once and I battle and the pupils as the ice school house mile from my was an aged I ‘know very I do "CAT ATBA” wAllAlJ/a thought I had not deserved it. I cried nearly all forenoon. He t*ied to pacify me but did not succeed. It was hard work and my throat was sore for quite awhile. All strikes have their disadvantages as well ,as their benefits—mine was a success. He never whipped me again. ’ “There was another matter that worried me more than the whipping -—the boys called me English and I did not know what it was. I thought it was something awful. “I got tired of being abused for being English so I told them I would fight the three boys teased me, one at a time, consented. We took off our and wept at it. I was not long in threshing the first, learned my lesson in Millbrook, struck at the face, stand many knocks in the face, was a little taller and had a advantage. We bad just started on the second fight one of the boys yelled: ‘The er’s coming’. We quit, picked up our 'coats and ran. The next day we were the best of friends. They never called me English again....1 likely would have got the worst of it but ‘All’s well that ends well/ ” Such was the story of the first lesson learned in a log school 87 years ago, by the quiet, intelligent lover of peace, the late John H. Medd, who passed away March 8, U.930, in the Village of Exeter where two of his children reside, Mrs. G. W. Layton and W. G. Medd, ex- M.L.A. He was in his 85th year- and he wrote the story of his life and school days the year before. * i who They coats . very I had I A boy wont I slight nicely when teach- FOREST-—GRAND BEND ROAD PAVING Deputation Waits eeivps (Promise ASKED on, Mmister, Re- of Consideration Lambton CountyA delegation of men seeking to have the highway from Forest to Grand Bernd paved, conferred with Hon. T, B,. McQues- ten, minister of highways at the Parliament Buildings jp. Toronto on Friday. The group comprised Bruce Bossenberry, Grand Bend; George C, Railing, reeve of Bosan- quet; Bruce Scott, Thedford; May­ or Rumford, of Forest; Carl Man­ ors and W, ’Ferguson, both of Sar­ nia. The delegation was introduced to the minister by Charles Fair- bank, Liberal member for Lamb­ ton East, and William Guthrie, Lib­ eral member for While making mise that paved this year, ho would give serious considera­ tion to, the delegation’s request. the West Lambton. no definite pro­ road would he the minister said The Ontario and Quebec Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspap­ ers Association will hold its annual convention in Hamilton on May 9 and 10. A-l BABY CIHCKS Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Wliite Jersey Black Giants, New Hampshire Reds - Write or Phone for Prices A. H, SWITZER HATCHERY Phone 38-3 Granton., Ont. The Prime Minister ok Canada, G. W. DAWSON Every duty, well and honestly done, is a contribution to victory. WORKING HARDER-SAVING MORE That s our answer to Hitler’s challenge, and no doubt it’s yours too. Work and Save. Save all you can hud buy War Savings Certificates now! They offer youi a prime investment; a real opportunity to serve your country and, at the same time., protect yourself against future contingencies. Canada S 3,800,000 small savings account holders, each with less than $1,000 in the bank, together account for over 90% of all savings deposits. It Is they who must make the War Savings Campaign Successful. This Company and its 10,700 workers are doing their bit. A salary deduction plan is in effect. Its objective of 100% employee participa tion, and 5% of our total payroll, is well on the way to being achieved. All our workers are now active in selling War Savings Stamps. Every one of our offices in Quebec and Ontario is selling War Savings Stamps. Now is the time for all of us to show what Canada means to us.