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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-10-28, Page 2Page 2 Times established 1S.78U Advocate established 1SS1 amalgamated November 1934 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An. Independent Newspaper devoted to the of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding interests pig trict Member of the Camulian N e wspapei’s’ Association; Weekly Member of the Omurio-Quebec Division of the CTVNA 1 NotAU Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Rater Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 a year, in advance; six months, $1.00 three months 60c R M. SOUTHCOTT - « PUBLISHER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28th, 1943 How Long Could You Live On Them? “How long could you live on your savings?” runs a sign near the Fingal bombing school. We pass the question along. These are the days of fluent spending on the part of thousands of people who ought to exemplify better sense. Suppose the war should collapse, as we hope it may, before the ink on this paper* is dry, how long could, you live on your savings? Unless we are utterly mistaken some people would be on municipal relief had they nothing but their savings to support them. We press the ques­ tion, “How long could you live on your* savings?" The war soon will be over. How much have you saved since the war opened? How much did you save last year or last month? These good times for -workers are not going to last. Re­ member that the job you left so hilariously for your present wages is now being done by a machine. That job will not be there for you to pick up again. We’ll look after the soldiers and sailors and airmen. But, friend worker, you’ll be shifting for yourself. You’ll likely be required” to live on your savings. Please figure a bit. More important still is the ques­ tion, “How long could your family live on your savings should you be compelled to pass the great divide. Better answer these questions and put your last copper into Victory Bonds, * * * * Unmitigated Impudence Germany has had the front of brass and iron tooth to aproach Russia with peace pro­ posals. Was ever there effrontery more sub­ lime? These same gentry sent Hess to Britain with peace proposals. Fittingly a Briton root the proposals and the messenger with a manure fork. Russia has treated the present German proposals with the same contempt. For decades Germany has hypnotized herself with the idea that she was a nation superior to the rest of tbe world. At last she believed her own serpent tongue. Now she has the special Germanic gall to think that when she talks peace all the rest of creation -will come fawning and whining to the heel that she has pressed upon the neck of every people less mighty than she. We applaud Russia’s action in utterly and summarily rejec­ ting the murderer’s peace talk, talked the voice must Moscow or Washington Essential One sits up when he hears this talk about transferring our young peole from non-essential industries to essential industries. Have we prog­ ressed so far in wealth and general security that we can afford to invest time and energy and .'good solid cash in industries that are not essen­ tial? We cannot come to our best as a nation till we sqarely face that question. Progress will travel with a broken foot till we are rid of activi­ ties that are not essential. Henry Ford saw this years ago when he forbade his workmen putting anything into his car that did not add to its efficiency. "If it is not necessary," the car mag­ nate said, “it will rattle and that will spoil tbe whole car." This is no plea for ugliness. Tbe non-essential is ugly, when you come to think of it. On the other hand, the really essential is almost sure to have many lines of beauty. Strength and beauty are brothers. The essen­ tial and the lovely are of the same family. Noth­ ing is surer to belittle, the mind and to bring misery than doing non-essential things. It is the real job, that is, doing essential things, that gives one sound sleep, a good name and self* respect. When peace is issue from London, or or China. ss t Industries A WORD OF CAUTION keep (f) f some coins This caution is issued to facilitate compliance with the order which is proposed. A reasonable interval will be allowed to permit men to provide themselves with whatever document, as referred to above, they may be entitled to hold.Smiles . than easily distinguish- It will take die and the Employers are requested to give notice of this proposal to their male employees, to facilitate the operation of the order tvhen issued. The new be slightly larger and a ten-cent SERVICE w'f /r fwsf ww THE omw TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28th, 1943 palling war tragedy broke on the world, these lovely gentlefolk were as helpless to keep things going straight as a canary is capable of stopping Niagara. {Still other good nutured people put away their sword saving, “naughty,, naughty!" These good people would have all the nice people say, “We’ll study war no more. Tiddledewinks heuce- forth for us." Then followed Dunkirk, Then the awful year when civilization was on the brink. We know what we have now. Are tlrn nations going to forget these terrible years? Are they going to allow nice, frock-coated gentlemen and lovely ladies in evening dresses to sign treaties and then only to allow the world to go to destruction once more, Human nature being what it is it looks us if the sword must keep what the sword has won. The judge and the riot squad seem to be alike, indispensable, * * * * Settling Down It is time for the allies to settle themselves, In days when we cannot sleep unless we are thrilled by some sensation or another, we may as well get a few things into our very souls. The first is that the wax* is not by any means over. The slightest apparent circumstance may place us on the losing side. At any rate, there is small room for planning what we’ll do when the troops come marching home. What may happen may be greatly to our advantage. Then again what may take place may be something approaching ruin. The future is unpredictable. About the only thing we may be sure of is that everyone must continue doing his sturdy utmost. The citizen who is grabbing for everything he can lay his hands upon is a public enemy. Every citizen who contributes what he can in the way of blood builder. Dunkirk or labor or cash or service is* a nation These are extremely critical hours, still casts its shadow. * * * Are We Over Directing? Now that the province is under not meddling with the young folk of said, for instance, that every boy and girl should have the opportunity to use the highest educa­ tional facilities of the province. Our reply is that there never was a time when the boy or girl worth his salt did not have that opportunity. Stone masons in this land have become prime ministers. Hod carriers have taken the first place in surgery and law. Plowmen have sung oui- sweetest songs. On the other hand we have seen the futility of tryng to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. What is needed more than anything else is a determined effort to have our university professors genuinely educated and inspired and inspiring men. Quite as important is it that our Normal Schools should be furnish­ ed with folk who have a genuine enthusiasm for learning and who are masters of the craft of teaching. Along with this simply must go school inspectors who carry with them light for every school room visited and the ability to strengthen and vitalize they come in contact. 4C- ■£$ Those * tbe are educational system of revision, we ask if we the highest development of the province. We hear it 15 YEARS AGO Councillor H. C. Rivers was able to be down town Tuesday for the first time since his recent illness with inieumonia. It is hoped that he will soon regain his accustomed health, Mr. J. G. Stanbury and Mr. M. F._ Gladman were engaged at the Assize at Goderich this week. The first real touch of winter came on Monday with a slight fail of snow during Sunday night. The ground was not covered; however, frost during the week has cut down the flowers. The change in the weather caused many to dig up their winter underwear. 25 YEARS AGQ Mr. and Mrs. James Brintnell re­ ceived word this week that their son, Rolland Brintnell, of Mposejaw was suffering from a serious attack of pneumonia, Pte. Jos. Davis is home from Guelph for the holiday. The minister of Finance is con­ sidering the design for a new one- cent copper coin. The present one- cent piece, while of excellent design, is of so large a size as to^make it inconvenient to carry more than two or three in the pocket, coin will slightly thicker piece so as to be able to the touch, time to have the issued for circulation. Buy Victory Bonds and Canada prosperous. The Patriotic League and the Soldier’s Aid Society have both pre­ pared and mailed Christmas boxes to the boys overseas. About 50 boxes have been sent. ELLER,INGTON—In Exeter, on Oc­ tober 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ellerington, a son. 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Robert Sanders, who left for the World’s Fair about two weeks ago, is not able to leave his boarding­ owing to a severe cold-. Messrs. Charles, John and Eli Snell captured six partridges and two rabbits in the Hay Swamp last Sat­ urday. The former gentleman was troubled with a lame knee for .a few days since but is all right now. Several of the young men of town enjoyed themselves Hallow’een night, consequently a number of gates and out-houses were deranged. NATIONAL SELECTIVE TO MEN OF MILITARY AGE AND TO THEIR EMPLOYERS National Selective Service Civilian Regulations authorize the Minister of Labour to require that male employees furnish their employers with evidence that they have not failed to comply with National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations (i.q., the Military Call-Up). It is intended that an order will be issued shortly, requiring employers to carry out the necessary check on their male employees, and to report any men who do not produce the required evidence of compliance. The check up will cover every male employee who has reached the age of 18 years and six months and has not reached his 38th birthday. The man will have to show evidence in one of the following forms:— (a) A man discharged from the Armed Forces following service during the present war should have his discharge certificate. A discharged 'man who has not a certificate should apply for one in the following manner:— Army—District Officer Commanding, Military District in which discharge took place. Air—Records Office, R.C.A.F, Head* quarters, No. 5 Temporary Building, Ottawa, Ont, Navy—Secretary of Naval Board, Ottawa, Ont. (b) A man who has responded to a direction from a Registrar of a Divisional Mobili­ zation Board, to report for medical examination under Mobilization Regu­ lations, should have cither a certificate of unfitness or an order for postpone­ ment of military training from the Divisional Registrar. (A man entitled to either document who has lost his copies should immediately apply to the Divisional Registrar who issued the original, for a duplicate.) (c) A man who has been rejected on appli­ cation for voluntary enlistment in the Army since the beginning of the war, should have a certificate showing that he was rejected through medical unfit­ ness. (If a man entitled to such a certificate does not possess it, he should apply to the District Military Head­ quarters of the District in which he applied for enlistment, in order to pro­ cure the necessary form.) (d) A man in the designated classes who has not reached his 38 th birthday, who was married as at July 15th, 1940, or who, having been married before that date, is a widower with children, must be prepared to furnish evidence, such as a marriage certificate or birth certificate of a child, to show that he was married before July 15th, 1940, and) that he is now either married or is a widower with children. (c) A man who has reported for enrolment in the Army .under an Order—Military Training issued under the Mobilization Regulations and who has/been rejected should have a certificate showing he was rejected through medical unfitness. If a man entitled to such certificate does not possess it, he should apply to the District Officer Commanding the Military District in which he was rejected, (i) A man who is not subject to the Mobilization Regulations because he is an enemy alien who has not made application for naturalization may obtain a certificate from a registrar of his Divisional Mobilization Board indi­ cating that the Mobilization Regula­ tions do not apply to him and such certificates must, he obtained by all such enemy aliens: (ii) A man who is an alien and neither a national of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, The Netherlarids, Norway, Poland, the United States nor Yugoslavia and has not applied for naturalization may be relieved of his duty under Mobilization Regulations, but he gives up his right to future Canadian citizenship after the war; where such men have applied for such relief and been granted such status, certificates will be issued by registrars in appropriate cases. KIRKTON CLUB MEMBERS WIN Kirkton beef cattle club, repre­ sented by Bruce Waldie and Bob Bissonnette, captured first place in the inter-club junior farmer com­ petitions on Friday at Ontario Agri­ cultural College, Guelph, at which judging teams from nearly every county in the province competed. The Kirkton club’s total score was 987 points made up of 49 2 for Bruce Waldie and 49 5 for Bob Bis­ sonnette. * * Pincers Every once in a while some big paper tells us that the German troops are caught in such and such a pincer situaton. The days pass and we bear nothing more about it. The Germans simply were not caught. Were the Russians merciful or were the Germans clever? At any rate we do not hear of the surrender of any- really large body of German prisoners. Were the pincers imperfect in workmanship or was the hand that held them incompetant? * rt. » A Bit of Fine Work When the fire alarm, set our pulses jumping and our nerves tingling last Thursday afternoon, we were amazed that our firemen and the fire fighting equipment were on the job so soon. A specially- trained and hired fire brigade scarcely could have done better. Those volunteer fire fighters, young and old, acted like veterans who meet fire emergencies every day. This good town is grateful to them for* the -way they acted. We only wish that the crowd -would keep buck and allow the firemen to use their apparatus without being obliged to dodge every few feet. Small boys and dogs and baby carriages are not an asset -when flames are to be quenched. $ V # * Keep Them, Guard Them While we hear of no scarcity of potatoes in this region, wc suggest that the little potatoes be saved and -well guarded this winter. There is every reason to believe that they -will be needed for seed next spring. A friend has shown us a crop of the spuds that he produced from tiny seed. And when we are on the topic we recall the work of' a thrifty housewife in tbe last 'War when potatoes were selling at astronomical figur­ es. This good lady, an adept at thin peeling of potatoes, gouged out the eyes of the tubers and planted them, everything learn the next year. A salesman travelling through the mountain section o£ Arkansas came upon an old fellow, obviously a na­ tive, sunning himself on a bench in front of a village store. After ex­ changing greetings, the saleman in­ quired: “Don’t you people find it hard to obtain the necessities of life up here in this rugged country?” “We shore do, pardner, and half of it ain’t fitten to drink after we get it,” replied the native. HUMPHREY MITCHELL Minister of Labour A. MacNAMARA Director, National Selective Service *«• * « Must The Sword Keep? The negotiations going on in Moscow re­ garding war conditions raises the question about conditions succeeding the war. After the last war there was a great deal of talk about keeping the peace. Arrangements were made to the ef* feet that if any nation were dissatisfied with the way she found things, she could appeal to a supreme council that would arbitrate the mat* ter and in this way keep the peace. There was to be a body called something like an inter* national police force that would enforce the decrees of the supreme judicial body. This body met again and. again. Usually some fine old gentleman in a frock coat or in an evening dress would be sent to meet other nice old men some­ what similarly attired. Then these fine people met and deliberated, came to conclusions that bristled with produndity and then found that there was no person ready and prepared to en« force their conclusions. Having found this out, these fine old gentlemen went home again and others took their places, When the present ap* «■ Her crop from this planting was that could be desired* Wc had better ways that may prove real helpers 7S ** * Note and Comment And such fine weather! # And still the fuel problem is unsolved. « sp # We hope that John Bull will give Colonel Blimp a long vacation as real statesmen try to get the world on an. even keel. rp We suspect that headache pills were often thought of at that, confei*ence consisting of Anthony Eden, Cordell Hull and Mi*. Molatov,