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Do Something- for Somebody
Do something for somebody some
where
While jogging along life’s road;
Help someone to carry his burden,
And lighter will grow your load,
Do something for somebody gladly;
It will sweeten your every care;
Tn sharing the sorrows of others
Your own are less hard to bear.
■Do something for somebody striv
ing
To help where the way seems
long,
And the homeless hearts that
languish
Will cheer up with a little song.
Do something for somebody striv-
* ing
Whatever may be your creed;
There’s nothing on earth can help
you
So much as a kindly deed,* * *
No Moro Geniuses
The declining national birth rate
has caused some authorities a bit
of uneasiness. They contend that
most of the world's geniuses were
members of large families...
Charles Darwin, Emily Bronte,
Pepys, Voltaire, Oliver Goldsmith,
•Oliver Cromwell, Rembrandt and
Cecil Rhodes all came fifth in the
family scale. Van Dyck, Huxley,
Jane Austin and Sir Joshua Rey
nolds were seventh, while Bach was
an eighth child.
Sir Walter Scott and Gains
borough were ninth sons, while
Benjamin Franklin and Coleridge
were tenth. Thomas Campbell, the
poet, and Charles Reade, the novel
ist, were eleventh, and Sir John
Franklin was a twelfth son.
Josiah Wedgewood, who enrich
ed the pottery of the world, was a
thirteenth child and John and
Charles Wesley, who made eccles
iastical history in the 16 th and 17th
centuries, were late members of
the family, the former being the
-fifteenth son and the latter the
eighteenth.
You, perhaps, could write a, bet
ter heading for this article than
the one used, that’s your privilege,
of course....but we picked this one
to avoid the editorial blue pencil.
* * ,*
Break from tight lips in piteous
certitude.
You are no manner of man that one
might tell;
You must be flouted, broken, lash
ed with scorn,
And left for a while in a tiny, ex
quisite hell.
I know these things; yet on my
soul is laid
The anguish whereto lovers must be
born
And know, before the final word is
said.
—N.S.* * *
Blue Cow
I never saw a Big Blue Cow—
I never hope to see one,
But from the milk we sometimes
get
I’m sure that there must be one.* * *
Simplicltudes
...some women wear gloves to an
afternoon tea—others have dia
mond rings.
...no wonder Adam and Eve
grew bored with life in the Garden
of Eden—they had no neighbors to
gossip with or about.
....some are wandering what will
become of Germany if Hitler dies
—we are wondering what will be
come of Hitler.
...a news item reports chat Am
erica spends more than Two Bil
lion Dollars for vacations each
year—but it does not say if this
includes the money lost by hus
bands who stay home and try to
fill a “four card flush.’
—Hat Passer* * *
How Old Arc You?
Age is a quality of mind—
If you have left your dreams be
hind,
IT hope is cold,
If you no longer look ahead,
If your ambition’s fires are dead—
Then you are old.
But if from life you take the best,
And if in life you keep the jest,
If love you hold,
No matter how the years go by,
No matter how the birthdays fly—
You are not old! z
—Par Bustei* * *
Pert and Pertinent
“Two women talking over the
back fence can do more sales pro
motion in five minutes than all
the fine advertisements ever writ
ten.”
...with some reputation wreck
ing on the side.
'•The electric dynamo is the seat
of women’s freedom.”
...no wonder some of them do
.shocking things.
“Fifteen thousand agents are
now engaged in selling household
electric appliances.”
...and at least one of them al
ways manages to ring oui’ front
door bell when we are engrossed
in column compounding.
“Men who only smoke after a
good dinner at home in the even
ing, are in little danger of having
a tobacco heart.”
...two or three cigars a month
never hurt anybody.
—Oley Okedoke
* * *
Anguish
I thought I could resist you,
thought I could
Forget the way your lips had shaped
my name.
That was before this endless morn
ing came
And I had seen myself, not bad, not
good,
Simply a woman who, as many
would,
Strikes on her breast again and
hears the same
Bitter betrayal, with a kind of
shame,
One-Sided Duel
.Did the train whistle? Oh, yes,
the train whistled.
Bights wigwag? Oh, yes, the
lights flashed.
Aud did the gong ring? Why cer
tainly.
Was the view obstructed? Not
at all.
Then the driver was crazy? No,
strangely enough, he was sane.
Well, how in the world could it
happen? That’s the strange part
of it, nobody knows.
Around 1,500 people—apparent
ly in their right minds—did the
same stunt last year. They didn’t
live to tell the story. Your guess
is as good as mine,* * *
I think the Mormon prophet was
A very wise man.
I wonder how his wives enjoyed
His prophet-sharing plan?
•—Tiller, the ticker
* * *
Opinions are habits of thought
acquired from someone who was
not too lazy to think.# * *
A Circuit Judge—according to a
news report from Illinois—'has just
ordered the paneled railing in front
of the jury box raised so as to con
ceal the knees of the Jurors...be
cause woman jurors in current
panels are in the majority and the
Judge thinks he is saving them em
barrassment.
■Well-—as Curious Cynic opines
—what the eminent Jurist doesn’t
know about women would fill a
good-sized Daw Library.
* « «
Worry Saps
The Nervous System
Worry over business or household
duties, sudden shock, the insane
quest for pleasure, the foolish at
tempt to put a week of normal life
into twenty-four hours, feverish ac
tivity, the demand for sensational
literature are all conducive to the
aggravation of wear add tear on the
nOrvous system.
If you are tired, listless, nervous,
and worried why not give Milburn s
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help put you oh yout feet again.
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strengthening tonic containing the
essential elements for the nervous
■system,
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Parody isn’t exactly up our alley,
but we know a passable, effort
when we see one. We offer the fol
lowing contribution as a sample:
Little Miss Maffy
Sat in a cafe
Eating her curds and w>hey.
“No fat and no sweet,”
Said she, “dast I eat,
“And I’m losing a pound a day.”* * *
“i hear your
married again.”
friend Tamson’s
He’s been a dear
...he’s cost me
“Aye, so he is.
friend tae me...
three wedding presents and two
wreaths.”* * *
Auld Lang Syne
The man to whom you loan a buck
You'll very often find
Wants old acquaintance soon for
got
•And never brought to mind.
—Carl
We hud a thaw all right, all right.* * * * * ** >9
Folk with a bent for old-fashioned things are enjoying this
winter (********
Mussolini is not the first to 'find Greece somewhat difficult to
get under the heel.******* *
Hey diddlem hi hilary,
We’ll get a bridge, but temporary.********
Exeter hopes never are in the wilt—
That North End bridge never was but is to be built.********
It was just like this mean old season. Last Saturday just as
Jphnny and Mary had their skates all ready didn’t it up and thaw'!********
Exeter’s store windows are dressed as never before. Their
salesmen just bubble over as they tell you of their unusual bargains.********
I’ll 'break the 'back of Greece,” commented Mussolini. The
free countries see in this statement the desire and intention of the
European bullies.********
European Turkey seems to 'have hopped up on the fence to
make some 'observations with the intention of getting down on the
side that has the most peas.********
There was a brave merchant who got in a stejw—
The North bridge was down, so what could he do?
Hei made up his bargains with prices so fair,
They coaxed nimble dollars right out of their lair,
********
Never before, have the store windows been more attractive than
they are this Christmas season. Our merchants have been wid-e
awake and have on hand a supply of merchandise at fair prices)
that cannot but make shopping in this town just a little more lucra
tive than in most places.* * * * * * * *
We heard dad commenting to his innei' consciousness as he
looked over last year’s cap and ties and socks and slippers, “Guess
they’ll have to do.” Poor, fond, foolish old man. By so doing he’ll
miss the finest bargains ever in goodies for handsome men. If one
is poor, he needn’t feel poor.,n.rtS*r«**w
Few towns in Western Ontario were better prepared to meet
the exigencies of the' sudden heavy snowfall than was Exeter.
While the posts for tying horses have very largely disappeared,
the churches provide ample shed room. Snow hanks are kept under
control and general getting about is easy.* * * * * * * *
WE JUST FORGET
Sixty years ago all manner of precautions were taken to have
horses driven on the roads and streets equipped with bells. To
drive along a street without bells, was to- insure an interview4 with
the magistrate. We were not aware that such legislation, of one
sort or another, had been repealed. It simply has fallen into; non
enforcement. If winter should keep on in dead earnest the legisla
tion will need to be recalled. At any rate, the ringing of the bells
adds a whole lot to the special fun of winter,.^ ****** *
A FUTURE ALDERMAN
The other day as the grown ups were making things on Main
street easy for men and horses, we came upon a young gentleman
from three to five busy with his shovel throwing the snow high,
and far in the right direction. “That’s the way to help!” we com
mended. “Yes, isiree!” was the reply and not a glance was wasted
nor was a shovelful of snow missed during the 'conversation. But
whence that “Yes, siree?”. We generally get some other words,
far less dignified, but not quite so expressive.********
AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED
We are thinking of the North End 'Exeter bridge. Motorists
are aware that Highway .Number Four is one of. the busiest high
ways in the 'Province and that the district surrounding Exeter is one
of .the best agricultural districts to be found anywhere. 'Shoppers
know the facilities afforded by Exeter and other bright towns on
this Highway. What an opportunity for the .good province of On
tario when the bridge collapsed to have sent a live gang of bridge
builders and to have put in place over night a structure that would
have accommodated thousands of people! But such was not to be.
The game of politics had to be played to the limit. We’re learning
by the nose a .good deal of the ways of governments.******* *
WHAT ABOUT THOSE WINTER PARTIES?
We refer to sleighing parties, of course. Why not get ready
for some real winter fun? There is no occasion for .the expendi
ture of large sums of money. We recall when one Lodge visited
another, or when one 'Biole Class looked in on another class or
when the folk of one concession line spent a social evening with
another part of the country. The fun of those occasions passed!
all bounds. . This town has ,the accommodation for horses that
meets the needs of the most fastidious in those lines. Theki w’h^
not gp in for out-of-doors winter sports of every descriptioin. The
young people may find health and fun to no end out in the winter
air, under the starry skies, on the hillsides and on the glimmering
ice. The chime of merry sleigh bells, the swift rush of the tobog
gan, the glide of the ski, the ring of the skate mingled with hearty
laughter and shout make music to which concert halls are strang
ers.********
LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
If takes a good deal more than a little bad weather to keep
folk who know Exeter out of her places of business of a Saturday
■afternoon and evening. So last Saturday demonstrated. Old men,
young men, fair women and fairer women, lads and lassies, boys,
girls, stumpy men, tall men, little men, middle-sized men,, dogs
with long tails, dogs with short tails and dogs with no tails at all,
brown cats, yellow cats, cabs of many colors, why of course they
were all out to see the butcher, the baker, the ice cream cone
maker. Old jokes were dug up, new jokes were invented, recollec
tions running all the way from grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Uncle John perspired and wiggled till laughter held both hrs sides
in sheer defence. “Never did we have such a day,” Aunt Mary
remarked to Uncle John. “There’s no town half as good when it
comes to fun and bargains as Exeter,” and away the good lady sank
to slumber, quite irreverently failing to hear Uncle John prophesy
ing., “But it’ll be as nothing to next Saturday. I saw it in those
merchant’s eyes.”********
“EVERY THING POSSIBLE’’
Exeter and environs slept 'better' the other night when as
sured that “everything possible Was being done to facilitate the
construction of a bridge to replace the old one that took its place
with the auk and dodo one dreadful Friday night or Saturday
morning last November. Jiust fancy the mental perturbation un
dergone by .the big wigs in bringing forth the plans and, specifica
tions for an undertaking so awe-inspiring. But that is not all
that has been done. The street leading to the bridge has been
decorated with perfectly good stakes of undressed pine to -facili
tate the getting of the plans and specifications under way. In ad
dition there have been at least two formidable barricades erected to
direct traffic to make its way through ice and snow. No doubt
there are several other barricades and dear knows how many
waning ianters. Meanwhile the road is impassable. Not a thing
has been done to aid our longsuffering, patient, taxpaying mer
chants who have made this about the best little town in Western
■Ontario. We suggest a few additions to the all possible mentioned
by the provincial folk. First when the water in the river rises
higher than pedestrians’ rubbers that jumping poles or vaulting
poles be provided so that hopping across wili be “facilitated.”
Ladies in a delicate state of health and infirm old gentlemen .might
be helped across in wheelbarrows propelled by those who already
have done their “all possible”. For vehicular traffic we suggest
that the provincial government send some of its folk to the nearby
dump to secure old tins and sheet metal and some wire and out of
ithese construct a sort of ferry but run on swinging wires attached
to windlasses "run” by these same parties. Dobbin and Dexter and
their driver would offer no< serious opposition, Indeed they would
enjoy the delightful swinging motion with its inspiring tang of ad
venture. But why wait three months for a structure that Mr.
’Itler Would have up in two hours. But electors from one instance
of government speed may learn the appalling problems that con
front properly constituted authority.
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STEPHEN COUNCIL
The Council of the Township of
Stephen met in the Town Hall, Cre-
diton, on Monday, the 2nd of De
cember, 1940, at 1 o’clock p.m. All
members were present with the ex
ception of Thomas Love.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read aud adopted,
The Clerk read a letter which
he had received from the Depart
ment of Municipal, Affairs approv
ing the motions passed by the Trus
tees of the different Police Villages
of the Township of Stephen setting
their remuneration and that of the
secretary-treasurer, also a letter
from the Department of Public
Highways, stating that for the
purpose of subsidy the Department
will recognize the rate of $1.0'5 per
hour for the time the power grader
is 'used on the Township road work.
This hourly rate, for the current
year, covers depreciation, interest,
insurance and all repairs.
Moved by Roy Ratz, seconded by
Nelson Schenk: That in order to
protect the interest of the munici
pality the Township Treasurer is
hereby authorized to pay any taxes
in arrears on properties which
have been offered for sale by the
County Treasurer and which still
remain unsold. Carried.
Moved by Arthur Amy, seconded
by Nelson Schenk: That By-law No.
551 to appoint Deputy-Returning
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Theatres, Hospitals,
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A. M. fowkll, President
Officers, Poll Clerks and fix the
Polling Booths for Municipal El
ections having been read three
times be passed and signed by the
Reeve and Clerk and the seal of
the Corporation affixed thereto.
Carried.
Moved by Roy Ratz, seconded by
Nelson Schenk: That Payment
Voucher No. 11, amounting to
$•322,7'5 be paid as well as the fol
lowing orders: Lucelle Lochner,
conveyance to San., $4.00; Chas.
Chapman & Co., rebinding Births,
Deaths and Marriages Register,
$1.5.12; Hydro Electric Power
Comm., Town Hall, etc., $3.72; A.
H. Erskine, County Treasurer, ar
rears of Taxes, Cooper and Stur
geon, $3-3.04; H. C. Beaver, equal
ization, Exeter Union Public School
$5.00; Anna Gill, rent, Jackson,
$3.00; Peter Eisenbach, wood for
Tyler, $7.50; Cora Gaiser, Milk for
Jackson, $6.-30; Faist Bros., relief
for Merner, $16.00; F. W. Mor-
lock, township taxes, $48.0'1; Jack
Hood, picture of King and Queen,
$'3.T5; E. Guettinger, account as
milk inspector, $12.90 ;F. W. Mor-
lock, Division Court Clerk fees,
$44.00; Harry Lewis, Bailiff fees,
$44.00; County Treasurer, hospit
alization, Merner, $9.60; Faist
'Bros., Hall supplies, $1.15; H. C.
Beaver, sheep valuer, Wright, Des-
jardine and Dietrich, $5.00; Lena
Wright, sheep killed by dogs,
$30,00. Carried.
The Council adjourned to meet
again in the Town Hall, Crediton,
on Monday, the 16th day of Decem
ber. 1940, at 1 o’clock p.m.
H. K. EILBER,
Township Clerk.
Perth County Finances
Reeve G. H. Jose of Kirkton,
chairman of the finance committee
for Perth County, presented a fin
ancial statement at the Wednesday
afternoon session of the Perth
County Council. He stated thaD
although the surplus to be carried
over into next year is somewhat
smaller than in former years, the
finances of the county are still in
a healthy condition. Reeve Jose
explained to the council that the
reason for the smaller surplus was
that $20',350 had been donated by
the Council to the war effort dur
ing the year, an admirable record
for the county.
There is no moment like the pre
sent. The man who will not exe
cute his resolutions when they are
fresh upon him can have no hope
from them afterwards: they will be
dissipated, lost, and perish in the
hurry and scurry of the world, or
sunk in the slough of indolence.
CAN ADR'S
For rest or play—Vancouver and
Victoria are ideal for a thoroughly
enjoyable winter vacation.
Warm days and coolrefreshing nights.
Excellent golf courses—myriad sights,
in the mountains and by the seashore.
Riding, tennis, motoring, fishing ...
Canada’s Evergreen Playground offers
them all, in an unexcelled setting.
Special Winter rates at hotels. The
new Hotel Vancouver’s spacious
rooms and delightful accommoda
tions will add to the pleasure of your
stay in Vancouver.
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