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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-10-01, Page 2Pajje 2 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1st, 1942 Times established 1878; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER,ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests pf the Village of Exeter and Surrounding' District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association; Meinbet* Of the Outaria-Quebec Division Of the CXVNA AU Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Eater Than Noon on Tuesdays' SUBSCRIPTION BATE $3,00 a year, in advance; six months, $1.00 three months 60c E M. SOVTHCOTT * * PUBLISHER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942 Great Reading WE HAVE JUST had a look-in on Bavin’s great book, ‘The Balance Sheet of the Future’, Mr, Bevin has done humanity a great service in telling, first, of the appalling plight of Great Bri­ tain in the days of Dunkirk. The month from May to July was fateful beyond all telling. Imagine the way the nations of the world thought of her* when they urged her not to scuttle her navy! Could her fortune have reached a lower ebb? Yet from this zero point she rallied under God. She called upon her sons and daughters .to rally to the defence of liberty. For an awe­ some year she stood alone) doing her bit in simple greatness. She exercised no compulsion upon any citizen. She made no unreasonable claim. She paid her way in every deal and gave full wages to every worker. She saw that no toiler was submitted to unfair treatment. She heartened her people. She gave them the best shelter she could provide. She kept her eye on the battlefield. She saw to it that no worker suffered injustice. She guarded the health of every worker. She proved faithful to every trust. She cultivated no spirit of revenge. Magnanimity marked her every effort. She sought no advan­ tage in the present hour at the expense ot to­ morrow’s welfare. We know the result, in part. We recommend this book to our readers. Outside of Holy Scripture it is the best tonic we know for this present hour with its lights and shadows, its hopes and its grave anxieties, and its- bitter, bitter griefs and sore bereavements. ' That Western Front WE HAVE heard a good deal of clamour for a Western front in the present global struggle. With this cry we are in sympathy. A strong thrust on the part of the Allies on the Western front would mean a great deal to Russia. But that western front has opened up. What else can mean the bombing of those German and ether centres ? Germany cannot feel* comfort­ able when her cities are being blown to smither­ eens. Then what but a western front can those ■Convoys mean that are being got through with £aid to Russia? What but a western front can mean the food, and arms given to Greece and the work done in the Pacific? We have no memory of an eastern front in Britain’s trying Dunkirk day in 1940. When the story of the recovery of Britain is written, men will marvel that she is where she is in this day of grace. Belgium had withered like J onah’s gourd; France had crumpl­ ed like an eggshell; Holland was no aid; Den- «»marl< was done for. Her own military equip­ ment was left behind her as booty for the Ger­ mans, Her workers at home wore disorganized. Her politicians were thrown into discard as worse than useless. A new government had to be creat­ ed. Everything had to be built, from clearing away the rubble to the setting of every man happily 'and fairly to work with a will to win and the hope of conquering. But surely all this is building a western front with a vengeance! Navies are not built in a day. Air forces are not brought into fighting trim by rubbing some mys­ terious lamp. Yet Britain again holds a proud place in the ranks of the world. She has opened the Western front after it had been closed in the darkest midnight in all her history. Het heart aches because she is not doing more, but what is needed she will do, Let no one have any doubts on that point. She is not asleep. Britain does not need to be urged to do what she has al­ ready undertaken. $ # SJf Seeing a Red Light? HITLER. IN HIS onward inarch to domina­ tion of Europe, appointed a puppet premier for Norway. This elegant gentleman forthwith set out to exemplify German culture in that country by knocking the church about. Bishops ' were ruthlessly deposed and puppet creatures of Ger­ man abomination put in their places. Church people were kicked around like yellow dogs. However, the ruffian Germans found that things were not going well for them and the poor, craven puppet premier was recalled to Berlin to listen to a nice talk from his masters. Lately the mannikin returned to Norway to tell the Nor­ wegians that the church was too small a baby for the Germans to whip. This and that offer was made to the church, only to receive the reply that Norwegian churchpeople would have noth­ ing to do with the new offers till the German puppet bishops had been kicked out. Well done, Norwegian church! You "have shown Hitler a red light, ' ft ft. What An Hour May Bring Forth HE WAS BUSY that evening with hammer and saw, nails and ladder. He was looking af­ ter odds and ends of roofing and fencing and such duties as must be got through with if a place is not to go backward rather than forward. “You see,” he explained, “Em one of the young­ er married men. I have a hunch that I’ll be called to the colours soon and I'm getting every­ thing into shipshape. I may be away quite a while.” *;* x* v *;* The Way Things Are “Where's Tom?” we inquired the other eve­ ning as the drive was on in the beet field. “He’s out with his dad in the beet field,” the mother replied. A fine combination, we’ll be bound. ❖ & * Preparing for Winter GOSSIPS HAVE IT that Hitler intends hav­ ing his army spend another winter in Russia. We say another winter when we should have said that Hitler intends having another of his armies spend a winter in Russia, as the former army that spent a winter in Russia has been for the most part wiped out. General Winter knows pretty well what to do with invading armies. We are safe in leaving it at that, Meanwhile, as the German armies spend the winter under the pe­ culiar nurture of the bear, the United States and Great Britain will be doing some things that are likely to interest the world in general and Ger­ many in particular. X* • . X$ X* A? Grim Winter THE APPROACHING winter .promises to be terrible, not only for Germany, but for the world. Every day we'll read of some new re­ strictions being placed on our way of living. We don't like to hear of the potato rot that has ap­ peared in a good many potato patches. We sympathize keenly with folk who must ration their heat. Our farm women will be making too many trips to the barn to suit us. A good many cooks will be counting the drops of gasoline. Our streets of a night are likely to be decidedly dull. Social gatherings will be watched for an exemplification of the judicious use of electric light. Parties will be fewer and the entertain^ ment will not suffer from elaborateness. How­ ever, we’re out for victory and nothing else matters. * ❖ * * Note and Comment Those amazing Russians! • « * * « And those deep apple pies! X* X* X* X* /Hats off and three times three for* Russia! X* X» n* These are great days to say nothing and to saw wood. X5 X* X* • ip We didn’t like the way that fat porker sniff­ ed at us the other day. # ’ # « ❖ /' ■ ■ ■ .X We like the way those Exetei* juiiiors are " helping out with the farm work. « # i’fi * Things are looking somewhat better in the various “over there’s” of this terrible war, & * X* X< ❖ Brother farmers, do have a heart and let us have some really good, juicy meat. We’re not a bad lot, if you only knew us a little better. Don’t tempt us too far. We may be obliged to go out some stilly night and eat our beef on the hoof. sjs X« X* * ’ Why sigh we all and moan and wail? Why tell we all the same sad tale? Why fall our tears like wintry hail? We can’t get beef. The dog mopes round with dragging tail, No blithesome song rides on the gale, Our shanks are weakj our cheeks are pale—* We can’t get beef! A small section of the estimated 7,600 persons to witness the opening of the new $1,500,000 S. F, T. S. at Cent­ ralia, referred to as the “last word in flying schools.” Here with a tower of the new school in the background are some of the thousands who attended the official opening. From the tower in the background, direction is given tp the airmen landing and taking off on the runways. YEARS AGO Mr. John Ward has purchased the residence -of Mr. B. M» Francis on William Street, Gladman—Pickard — At Jam.es Street United Church on Saturday, October 1, 1927, Marguerite Verity, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.* Robert Pickard, to Melville Fowler Glad­ man, B.A., of London, son of Mr, and Mrs. F^W. Gladman, of Lon­ don. Miss Ella Kuntz has resigned her position with Mr. C. L. Wilson and left this week for Windsor. Miss Grace Chambers has taken her posi­ tion with Mr. Wilson. Mr. John Hockey has purchased the barber 'business of Mr. M. Hod- gert and took possession on Mon­ day. Mr. W. D.,.Kress, of Walkerton,'1 has been /transferred to the Exeter Branch /of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Mr. Silas Reed, Mrs. R. N. Rowe and Miss Reta Rowe motored to Elkton, Wisconsin, to visit for a few days with relatives, Mr.' Wellington Batteip of Zion, is moving into the residence he pur­ chased -at Winchelsea from Mr. J. ■Coward.--------------------- , 25 YEARS AGO Mr. R. G. Seldon last week sold his farm one mile south of town, to Mr. ’Ed. Knight, of Usborne. The purchase price was $10’,000. Charles, infant son of .Mr. and Mrs. John C. Snell, Carling Street,. had a close call with his life on Thursday last. Mabel was carrying him on Mrs. Hockey’s verandah, and in some way he slipped from her arms to the ground, with the re­ sult that he was rendered uncon­ scious for an hour or more and it i was thought the child would not re­ cover. . Mr. ,Samuel Elliott has purchased the dwelling owned by Mr. Samuel Beaver, the McCallum property, near the river.. - In a letter from Seaman Roland Motz, who is at present with the ROyal Navy in England, he states: “The last time I . wrote we were in Russia. We sure .were surprised when we got word that, the Canad­ ian government* had recalled all her sailors. Spent nearly six weeks in Archangels Russia, and we ar­ rived in Leith,, Scotland, on August 24th1 and from there took passage by train to ottr barracks. I went to London on my four-day leave.” The new three-cent Canadian pos­ tage stamp is now in circulation. The stamp consists of an engraved repro­ duction of Karris’ well-known paint­ ing of the Fathers of Confederation. 50 YEARS AGO A cquple of Wingham farmers were recently fined $5 for sending skimmed milk to the Nixon cheese factory. Mr. Ed. Treble met with a pain­ ful accident on Saturday last while removing a screw from a casting, the screw driver slipping and run­ ning into his hand fully three-quar­ ters of an inch. Mr, Win. Rowden, 'reeve, has pur­ chased Mr. W. H. Verity’s residence over the river. An exchange vouches for the fact of a man being killed 'by lightning while crossing the fields to borrow his neighbor’s paper. Why not subscribe for the Advocate. • Looked at your label lately! Pilot Officer Johnny. Higham, D.’F.C., who -is sitting across the narrow aisle from me as this is be­ ing written, puts this trip down as one of the most thrilling experiences ,pf his life. At the moment the crew, which only a few nights ago devas­ tated Saarbrucken, changed air­ craft upon returning to their -base in Great Britain, and then flew across the Atlantic to become Can­ ada’s heroes -of the hour, are high above the clouds over Northern Ontario. Our comfortable big Lock­ heed transport is purring along, at a speed, which Johnny tells me is. about the same as his old Wimpy’s (Wellington bomber) cruising speed. This is an experience* that five young 'Canadian airmen will never forget. • “A year ago we were the chaps who were carrying rifles in a par­ ade,” Flight Sergeant Carl Svein- son remarked after Montreal had given the group a tumultous wel­ come. “Here we are today sitting­ in limousines. Boy, if the other chaps in our squadron could see us now!” There is one cloud on the lads’ horizon but it is not causing them a .great deal of concern. Airmen have a dread of being accused of ''shooting a line” which is precise­ ly what there lads are being asked to do several times a day. They know that when andjf they.return to their unit. . the famous “Moose Squadron”, of the R.C.A.F., they will be badgered unmercifully for the' speeches they have made in Can­ ada and the interviews, which have been carried in every Canadian paper and over the radio stations. “Sure, we’ll take a lot of punish­ ment,” admits Flight Sergeant Sig-, gy Lee, of Minnedosa, Man., the navigator of the group, “b,ut it’s worth it to be able to go back there and tell what Canada, thinks of its flyers overseas. You can bet that we’ll let them know how wonder­ fully we were treated wherever we went. We’ll let them know, too, that there are many, many more air crew teams following them over.” It is a magnificent late summer day. From our 4,0'00 feet we have an almost -unbroken expanse of sun­ lit clouds thick, cotton-batteny stuff that affords omy an occasion­ al glimpse of tlie dappled grey, green and blue of the Northern On­ tario wilderness helow. Johnny Higham has just finished telling me some more about that raid over Saarbrucken three nights ago. Weather, he says, is as great, an enemy of the. Allied flyer as enemy flak or fighters. The other night was no exception, The crow had dropped their eggs—smack on the target, they will tell you proud­ ly—and headed for home. Ahead lay the prospect of a magic-carpet journey over the Atlantic, and the acclaim of millions of their own people. good food, comfortable quarters, old friends, and, best of all, the lovocj ones that they had left behind ntore than a year ago. Over the Channel they -ran into nasty weather which got worse as they approached * their own aero­ drome. It was debatable whether “A for Apple” — their own ship—•■ should attempt a landing at the home aerodrome, or go Oh to an­ other where the weather was bet­ ter. Once before their trip home had been washed out hy similar [.circumstances. Because of a multi­ plicity of arrangements __necessary, it was a good bet that if things went awry this time, the plan would be scrapped. So down came <“A for Apple” through the clouds and fog, HalL- an hour later the crew was on its way to Canada. Today they are a weary group of lads. Four of them—Flight Ser­ geants Siggy Lee, Carl Sveinson,; Art Loach and Den Morrison—are fast asleep in their seats. Pilot Of­ ficer Higham is studying an article in a picture magazine which des­ cribes the. virtues., of various types of aircraft. They never get very far away from flying. The day af­ ter landing back in Canada, John­ ny was at the controls of the Anson bomber which flew us from Ottawa to Toronto. Then he piloted the same ship most of the way frpm Toronto to Montreal. Today he is casting enVious eyes toward the co-s pilot of our Lockheed and betting is ten to one that before the kite touches down its wheels, he will have served a stretch at the con­ trols. \ “I never had a chance t'o fly over this country,'While I was training,” he said. “My advanced training was, at Brantford and we were never permitted to go very far from our base.” For a lad who got his wings just a year ago this month, Johnny has come—-and gone—quite a way. He’ll go a lot farther. The skill and modesty Which have endeared him to the four lads whose fates he has largely held in his hands these many months are typical qualities of the youngsters who are flying for Canada today on all the world’s battlefronts. As representatives of this ever-expanding body, Johnny Higham, D.F.'b., and the four lads who call this 22-year-old veteran “the old man” are ready to take up the job where they left off three nights ago so that, aS their skip­ per says, “the next time we coilie home, it’ll be for keeps.” WOODHAM The many friends of Mrs. James Squire are sorry to know that she has been ill in St. Joseph’s Hospi­ tal, London, and wish her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. .Fred Doupe spent Saturday last in London. A few from here attended the Waugli-Thacker nuptials in Calvary Church-, London, on Saturday last. Dr. Morphy, of Hermin, N.Y., has been a recent visitor in the village. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McNaughton visited With their daughter, Mrs. Ira Shier, of London, on Saturday, The Young People of "Woodham presented their play in Thorndale on Wednesday night of last week. Mr. Wendell C'amm and Mr. Da­ vid Parkinson returned to London to attend university on Tuesday of last week. ! WHITING—LOVE A charming September wedding was solemnized a t “Dundurin Farm”, ' Grand Bend, when Ruth, i Christine, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Love, was united l in marriage to Ross Ellison Whit­ ing, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross A. Whiting, of Parkhill, The cere­ mony was performed by Rev. C. E.' Beacom, of Mount Brydges, assisted by Rev. W,. T. Cleave, of Grand Bend, on the lawn under an arch of pink and white streamers amid canija, 'dahlias and asters. Thu bride, given in marriage by her father, , wore a floor-length gown of soft white sheer with corselette bodice of lace trimmed with rhine­ stones. It was fashioned with sweetheart neckline, "baby puff sleeves and a Slight train. For something old she wore her moth­ er’s sunburst of pearls, her trail­ ing veil of embroidered silk net fell from a halo of orange blos­ soms and she carried a shower bouquet of pink and white asters. The bride was attended 'by her sis­ ter, Miss He'len Love, in a floor­ length gown of pink sheer organza trimmed with lace embroidery. Her headdress was pf white mums and she carried white asters. Miss Elaine Gill, in peach taffeta with blue bows, and carrying a silver basket of pink .and white asters, made a charming flower girl. She .was accompanied by Master Alex Love who acted as ring-bearer. The groom was attended b*y his brother- in-law, Mr. Lome Watson. At the piano, Mr. Georige >Gox, of Stratford, played Lohengrin’s wedding march and accompanied Mrs. Lorne Watson, who sang “As We Walk into the Sunset” during the signing of the register. The wedding dinner was served to about fifty guests by Misses Blanche and Iola Whiting, Irene Peariso, Gertrude Amos and Mrs. R. Brown. Mrs. Whiting chose for her son’s wedding a d.tess of Canadian blue crepe with rose dahlia corsage, while Mrs. Love wore a dress of black transparent velvet with red gladioli corsage. Guests were present from Lon­ don, St. Thomas, Stratford, Exeter, Parkhill and Grand Bend. The oc­ casion was also the 29 th ■ wedding anniversary of the groom’s parents. The bride and groom left amid showers of confetti on a motor trip to Northern points, the .bride tra­ velling in a two-piece Wool suit of Convoy blue with navy accessor­ ies. On their. return they will re­ side on the farm on the seventh con­ cession of McGillivray. Word has been received that Pte. Ronald Haynes, who was reported missing after the Dieppe raid, has now been reported a prisoner of war in Germany. Pte. Haynes went overseas with the Essex Scottish Regiment. His home was in Wind­ sor, but he had worked in this dis­ trict for a number of years. No Happiness in the Home When Mother Is Sok The tired, worn out mother cannot make a happy home if she is sick and worried by the novar ending household duties. 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