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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1944-02-17, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER ONTA RIO, THURSDAY MORNING, fEBRUARY 17, 1944 Cxeter Tinies established 1873; Advocate established 1SS1 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An independent Newspaper devoted to the interests of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District Z/xK Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers* Association; Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 a year, in advance; six months, §1.00 three months 60c J. M. SOUTHCOTT - - PUBLISHER THURSDAY?” FEBRUARY 17, 1944 Not To Be Had This is the season of the year when we look for a call from that enterprising and optimistic of persons, the representative of the Nurseries. And we are not disappointed this year. What did worry us a good deal and set us to thinking long, long thoughts was his persistent wav of saving. “Sorry. but we haven t any. At last we broke out. “Why is this thus! only to be silenced by the stern reminder. Shortage of labor’” Now, where is this thing to end? Are all the nice small fruits soon to disappear from our gardens? Many of the fortunate for many a day simply said, that they d wait till spring and then get in some new stuff. This year that sort of thing has suffered a severe setback. What we’ll need to do is to guard what few plants we have, but anyone knows what winter ice and spring frosts and early summer drought may do with our precious plants. Flower lovers will need to be on the alert or their hoardings of favorite plants may disappear over the season. Further, there is a decided labor shortage with garden ers. Old men are a year older this season and are by that much less able to get on with the planting and hoeing and gathering. *x* &s Those Dark Days Last week the allies experienced some of those dark days of blood and sweat and tears as they bravely fought and nobly held their positions in Italy. Rain and tempest and deep mud and slippery rocks were at their worst for the allied cause. Our heavy artillery simply could not oper­ ate. Airplanes could not come to the aid of the terribly pressed infantry. There was but one thing for the brave leaders and their heroic fol­ lowers to do, and that was to hang on with a bull dog grip and to chew and to choke all they could. And this they did at a cost that only the brave fighting men know anything about. Pray­ ers, earnest, supplicating were offered in behalf of the fighting men. And now it seems that vic­ tory again rests with the allied cause. In our day of triumph let us not forget whose was the battle and who gave the victory. At Last At last it looks as if the Thames Valley project is to be taken up in earnest. The task is a tremendous one. Those of us who have the practical experience of controlling a stream on a farm or in a township know a very little of what water does when on a rampage. Rivers and streams seem to resent being controlled. Still, Russia has shown what may be done with mighty rivers. And we need not be slow or un­ willing to learn of that strange country. We welcome the undertaking of the scheme. Rome was not built in a day and we must be up and trying and learning as best we can from every source as we proceed with a scheme that has in it tremendous possibilities for good. # # * * That School Discipline Colonel Drew is talking about introducing discipline into our schools. We wish him success in his effort. We recall two teachers. The one teacher spent no end of time and energy in try­ ing to have our expanding mind know just what twelve is. All manner of pictures were drawn on the board. All manner of dots and dashes were set forth in order that we might know pr^ • eisely the constructing of twelve. Well, we had won six marbles before we went to school that morning. We won another six at recess and we knew that we had twelve marbles in our pocket. We did not know what twelve is but we knew how to get a dozen eggs together. This same teacher went to no end of pains with the multi­ plication table. We were instructed in all its details but we did not know that table. Provi­ dence was merciful and at the new year sent us a teacher who set us to learning the tables jus* as they are. We were given so much to learn and we learned them, or else—and. there was a fear­ ful looking forward to judgement to come. The same principle held for geography and all the rest of it« We were to be on time for school and with our lessons. We were expected to behave generally like healthy minded boys-—or else, once,more. He was not everlastingly at us, but we knew better than to monkey with any task he set us. Some of his boys are good far ■ mers. Some have taken a high place in law and medicine and the business world. We may be wrong but we think he did us a whole lot of good by insisting that we get down to the busi­ ness of our school world. There were a whole lot of different things we thought we couldn't do that we did when we realised that we had to get them done, Success to Colonel Drew’s new method. Just a Specimen We came across u farmer and his son this week who were feeding thirty-five head of cat­ tle and we don’t know how many hogs. By ex­ ercising no end of native wit they got by with the work. Then came sudden and severe sick­ ness to one of the men, “Fm. sorry,” the doctor said, “but there’s nothing for it for you but the bed for at least a month.” That is not all, a neighbor who hud helped out on such occasions beforetimes, suddenly was called upon to take care of a sick relative and his family* It looks us if that sick farmer is bound to suffer heavy loss. The gravity of the situation becomes ap­ parent when we know that he bought several tons of grain for feed. And this is but a sample of the farmer’s difficulties. How is the wood to be got ready for next winter? How is the man­ ure to be got out to the field ? What if sickness should overake another of the willing workers in the little group? The situation is graver than most people realize. Slipping is almost inevit­ able under such circumstances, * * ■x- «• The Long, Hard Pull Slowly we are awaking to the magnitude of the task ahead of us in contending with Ger­ many. We have called our enemies hard names, every one of which was well deserved. Still, our mouths availed little with German airplanes and bombs and rifles and cannon. Only now are we waking up to the fact that our enemy is not a clown to be laughed at nor a Punchinello to amuse us, We have said over and over again that the Germans were losing their morale. This moment we see no evidences of any such loss. In Italy they are making a fight that simply is epic. We had spoken of the soft under belly of the continent only to find that belly as hard as bayonets. We have been brave. But we’ll need to be braver. We have endured hard things, Harder things are to be endured. Hope deferred has made the heart sick. That sickness is to in­ crease. We were sure that victory is just around the corner. True, but the victory may rest on German banners. Slackness now may readily un­ do everything that brave fighting men have so far attained. -x- * * * Keeping Up the Standard War has a terrible way of leading in a re­ cession to barbarism. Yet it need not be. With the Wars of the Roses disappeared the worst evils of feudalism and came the power of a united England. Out of the titanic struggles of the American Civil Wai’ came a new birth of freedom and prosperity for the United States. Out of the South African war came the unity and new glory of South Africa. Wise men stud­ ied and created events. So it may be now. Every home, lias its thin red line stretching to every battle field the fide world over. Deeds of heroic splendour are demanded of everyone. And amidst the deeds of these awful times may be found thousands who are tending carefully to the fine and beautiful things of life. Here a lovely flower is kept alive. Here some sweet bit of music that touches the heart is being sung or played as shells burst and brave men died. Such lives have a kingdom all their own. When the war is over these cultivated gardens will be the seed plots that will furnish the world with seed thoughts and ideals that will revive and civilize the race. Yes, indeed, the mind need not be fettered or darkened, no matter how heavy the clouds that impend over every farm and every life. That New Pasture A Czecho-Slovak by the name of Abeles who recently fled from his native land with an empty pocketbook but a sound knowledge of farming is reported as doing things in the Brantford region. The word is that he keeps a herd of sixty cows on forty acres of land. In four years he has paid for his farm, paid too, for his dairy herd and spent two thousand dollars on the education of his children. Far­ mers of our acquaintance comment, “Some far­ ming, that.” One experienced farmer who lias given the new way of pasturing some serious attention says, “I’ll believe the results reported to be greatly exaggerated. Still another farmer who has given the new pasturage a trial on ten acres reports that he had something like a dead failure. However, the day is here when the farmers look for a Moses to help them out of their feeding difficulties. The efforts of our new neighbor should be given a fair trial. In accordance with the policy of The Exeter Times- Advocate, the days are here when we must in­ vent or discover the paths out of our present tribulation. To say the least, this is what our neighbor seems to be doing. The next move is to discover some way by which the problem of securing winter feed for farm stock without the intolerable labour now entailed is the next step. Dehydration has in it a good deal of promises well in this regard. Mr. Abeles has done something in the way of showing how farmers may help themselves, This is the line the real farmer welcomes. He sees his industry doomed to failure if, instead of being self-sus­ taining it must be bolstered up by handouts in the way of subsidies. * -x- * # Note and Comment Cheer up! Winter is mostly past. The bright- colored seed catalogues are now in bloom, * * * * Mank suggests in the St. Thomas Times- Journal—“Can you think of a more patriotic gcsturcj when the national campaign for the Canadian Rod Cross starts than for well-to-do people without children to make substantial do­ nations in dedication to Canadian lads who have 15 YEARS AGO Mr. C. Pym, of Vsborne, is sue-* cessfully endeavoring to solve the problem of increased production. Two months ago a cow belonging to Mr. Pym gave birth to a pair of twin calves and on Saturday last another cow presented him with a pair of twins calves. Two pair of twin calves in two months is not doing badly. Mr, R. E. Pickard' last week sold both of Mrs. Louise Horton’s farms on the fourth concession of Usborne Township, The eighty acres op the north side of the road was purchased by Edgar Cudmore and the 100 acres on the south side of the road was sold to Hector Rowcliffe, Both parties, take possession the first of March. * Miss Florence Dunsford, of Hay, has passed her music examinations with high marks, she being prepared by Miss Ruth Wildfong. 25 YEARS AGO »;♦ LeitcFH to tlt<e editor published hereundei’ represent <!»*.■> views of individual persons. We invite our readers to make use of this column, * The Reader Comments i I i Commenting on your’ editorial of January 20th, re “Speak up, Lay­ man. “Well, I suppose I can call myself a .Layman. And I think it is quite time some one was speaking up for the Religion of the Son of God. Because it is well able to lift us out of the mess in which the world finds itself, if people would only give it a chance. But like Adam and Eve, people say today, “not your way Lord, but our way of Life. And so people, individual, community and nations are still be­ ing driven out of the garden be- | cause they insist on their way of Life. Cain did the same; he re­ fused to bring an offering, with the semblance of sacrifice, and he re­ fused, not long aftei’ his refusal of God’s way of Life, man’s’ blood be­ gan to flow, and has been ever since _____ for that same reason. Because God’s ran away, Mr. Dinney, who was driv-hvay of Life is the blood-sprinkled ing, was drawn over the dashboard • way, and when man, communities and thus lost control. In the run, and nations take God’s way of -Life, one horse struck a telephone pole and was killed. Mr. Dinney and Mr. Rowe both escaped injury. A great game of hockey will be played here on Wednesday or Thurs­ day night of next week, when the fast Clinton girls are expected. They are remarkably fine players and will be opposed by a picked team of Exe­ ter boys. Watch for date and see the game. On Monday afternoon, February 16, 1919, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Op- the the hearse team on Tuesday afternoon, .Mr. Rowe and Mr. T. Dinney were driving in the country when the iron on one side of the end of the tongue broke and frightening the team, they Mr. R. N. Roive lost one of valuable horses belonging to j man’s blood will cease to flow and 1 not until then. What the world needs today is a blood transfusionI (so to speak) of the blood of Jesus I Christ shed on Calvary Cross, j Man’s blood is bejng used today ! to save man’s fisicial life. How much more is the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s son able to save for eternal life. So there is the secret of the religion of Jesus Christ. Oh, that men and nations would believe _____, in the Lord Jesus Christ, and ac- sition Leader and former Premier ’ cept his salvation, which he offers Canada, passed away at his home ' so freely to all in this day of grace. ! That would take man’s greed for profits on instruments of destruc­ tion. and 3 % on bonds to blow hu­ man lives into eternity by the thousands, saved or unsaved. Not long ago we were sending mission­ aries to Japan to save men, now We can’t blow them into eternity fast enough. Are as precious in the they ever were? We should ask will the harvest be, when we stand at the Judgement seat of a just we must all stand it as Ottawa, following two strokes. He as 7S years of age and had particularly good health all 50 YEARS Aquilla Snell, son Snell, is a severe Mr. S. ronto on AGO of Mr, his bed been win- John withconfined to attack of pleurisy. M. Sanders leaves for To- Tliursday next as Huron County Representative to the Grana Association of Patrons of Industry. Willis Powell has a lot of prize rabbits of different breeds and two certain boys knew5 it and undertook to walk off with several a few days ago, but were caught in the act. Wil­ lis says the next time they try that game he will be after them with a gun. It will be noticed by an advertise­ ment in another column that Messrs. E. J. Spacknian and Co., are remov­ ing their large and varied stock of dry goods, etc., etc., from their old stand cated to the premises recently va- by Messrs. Richard Pickard & BRTH-HURON BUTCHERS EEK SUBSIDY ON HOGS and F. G. Sanderson, St. and to W. A. Dickson, At- Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor, Dash- and John Hanna, Wingham, of the provincial parlia- The Independent Retail Butchers’ Association of Perth and Huron held a meeting in the town hall at Seaforth Tuesday, Feb, 8. It was un­ animously agreed that the retail butcher could not continue slaugh­ tering hogs unless the Dominion and provincial governments reim­ bursed the butcher to the extent of $3 per hog, to offset the bonuses paid by the governments. The following resolution, passed at the Waterloo Butchers’ Associa­ tion meeting, was also adopted by the butchers of Perth and Huron, and copies will be sent to federal members of parliament, L. E. Car­ diff, Brussels, W. H. Golding, Sea­ forth, Marys, wood, wood, members ment. “Inasmuch as the hasty action of the Dominion government as to the method of giving the bonus on hogs will at present operate to put small slaughterers out of business, we resolve that the small slaughterer should be reimbursed by the fed­ eral and provincial governments to the extent of at least $3 per hog to be enabled to remain in business.” The meeting was well attended by members from Goderich, Clinton, Dashwood, Exeter, Dublin, St. Marys, Mitchell, Seaforth. Listowel, Monkton, Milverton, Hensail, Zurich and Stratford. R. ,E. White, Perth agricultural representative, also at­ tended the meeting. The next meeting will be held in the form of a banquet on April 12, in Seaforth. Smiles . . . Judge. There some day and far away either to have it. Now I hope strong enough in I I their souls not sight of God a» ourselves whati may- some not be as would like spoken uphave defence of our Lord Jesus Christ’s reilgion. What I have given you is what I call sound doctrine. But hear’ what the apostle Paul says about sound doc­ trine, as it applies in our day; I quote 2 Luke 4-3 and 4, “for fne days will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but will keep to themselves having itching ears, and they will turn their ears from the truth and be turned into fables.’’ Usually when you give men the truth today, they won’t accept it, but reject it. People want some­ thing to make them laugh (fables). It takes men like Paul to unveil the future for us, if men could only see. But “Jesus came a light into this world but men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil” and so their lives are as darkness (blind guides) leading the world down. Yours truly, J. T. Bagshaw. Stephen Council The Council of the Township of Stephen met in the Town ‘Hall, Crediton, on Monday, the 7th day of February 1944, at 1 p.m. All mem­ bers were present. The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 10th of January and the special meeting held on the 15th of January were adopted on motion of Thomas Love, seconded by Herman Powe. The following grants were made according to motion: Love-Amy: $50.00 to the Blue Water Highway Association; Schenk-Powe: $15,00 to the Treasurer of the Zurich Agri­ cultural Society; Love-Powe: $15.00 Ito the South Huron Spring Show; Love-Amy: $15/00 to the Salvation Army; Powe-Schenk: $5.00 as mem­ bership fee for the Ontario Rural .Municipalities Association. i Schenk-Amy: That Elmer Picker­ ing be weed inspector for 1944 at a salary of 30c per hour, which in­ cludes his transportation. Carried. | £ Amy-Schenk: That the Reeve and. Clerk be authorized to sign the vari- I ous forms for the Provincial Sub-1 sidy on the 1943 expenditure on' i Township Roads and send them to j the- District Municipal Engineer.' Carried. The Clerk stated he had received the reports of George A. McCubbin. O.L.S., for the repair of the Ryan Drain, dated the 30th of December 19 43, on said date and for the re­ pair of the Gaiser Drain, dated the 21st of January 1944 on the 22nd of said month and had notified all interested parties that the reports would be read by the Council on the 7th of February. It was there­ fore moved by Arthur Amy, second­ ed by Herman Powe: That the s reports be accepted and that Clerk have the same printed pamphlet form and served on interested parties as provided Section 24 of The Municipal Drain­ age Act arid that the By-law having been read the first time be provi­ sionally passed and the Court of Revision be held in the Town Hall, Crediton, on Monday, the 3rd day of April 1944 at 2 p.m., to hear and determine appeals against the said drains. Carried. Schenk-Love: That Pay-Sheet No. 4 amounting to $9 52.59 and the fol­ lowing orders be passed: R. J. Lov­ ell Co. Ltd., assessment roll $11.20; Queen Alexandra Sanatorium, pneu­ mothorax refills re' Bowden 24.00; T. R. Patterson. C.E.,^report on road south of airport 20.00; Toronto Stamp & Stensil Works Ltd., dog tags 12.56; County Treasurer, hos­ pitalization—Steele 34.10, Desjar- dine 27.10, Wilson 21.00, 82.20; Geo. Eilber, survey Khiva Drain ll.’OO; Lome Dietrich, survey Khiva Drain 8.00; Roy Dietrich, survey Khiva Drain 8.00; Roy Ratz, survey 5.00; I Kirkton Carnival Draws Large Crowd The postponed ice carnival un­ der the auspices of the Kirkton Pub­ lic Library, was held Friday night February 4 at the Kirkton commun­ ity rink..The night was ideal and a large number attended. Rev. Can­ non James looked after the contes­ tants. Reg Paul did the announcing over the loud speaker loned by Mr. Ross Marriot, of St. Marys, who also provided the music for the eve­ ning, Tile judges were Mrs. Ray Parkinson of Russeldale, Mrs. Rev. Goodger, .Kirkton and Mr. Alex Morrison of Fullarton. The prizes were as follows: Best gents costume as King of the carnival, Mr. 'Alex Crago; best ladies costume as of the carnival, little Joyce mond; girl’s fancy costume 14 years, Paulene fancy costume undei* 14 years, Sawyer; girl’s fancy costume 15 years, Lois Sawyer; boy’s costume under 15 years, Drant Mills; comic costume, Georgia Burgin comic characterization Pop Eye, Betty Mills; youngest skater Harold Burgon; oldest Skater, Alex Crago; skater in costume from the furthest distance, Patsy Skating, boys under Boyd; girls under Sawyer; girls over Hams; boys over 12 bicycle race, boys lighted candle race, Liberal prizes of money were awarded, The booth was well pat- Patou; Queen Ham- under boy's Thos. under fancy I “Your Wife is a Very systematic Woman, isn’t she?” asked Robinson,' replied SftiitlL “She! theory that you can! you want when you Williams; speed 11 years, Alvin 11 years Lois 12, Patsy Wil- Jack Urquhart; Ray Morrison; Donna Massey; Khiva Drain with Minard’s, the great rubbing Bid­ men t, sworn foe of muscular and joint soreness, stiffness and pain. Use it generously. It’s greaseless, has no unpleasant odor, dries quickly. Use it for dandruff and skin disorders, too. Get a bottle at your druggist’s today. Keep it handy on your bathroom shelf. 125R I AOD'S IINIM I i Campbell, grant S. Huron Spring .Show 15.00; Geo. E. Eilber, unload­ ing cars of wood 13.50; Salvation ;Army, grant 15,00; Ontario Ass'n. j Of Rural Municipalities fee 5.10'0; , Twp. ; Drain j The again on Monday, the 6th day of March, 19 44, at 1 p.m. Herbert K. Eilber, Twp. Clerk. R.’Xl 1 said the : in all by Gordon Ratz, ; Donald Drain 3.00; survey Khiva Drain S.OD Ratz, survey Khiva Dom. of Can. General Ins. Co., prem. treas. bond 20.00; Municipal World Ltd., subscriptions and supplies 9.89; C. C. Manore, grant Blue Wa­ ter Ass’n. 50.00; Elmore Klopp, grant Zurich Fair 15.’00; D. Tieman fuel—Tyler 15.0’0'; V. Schatz, count—Tyler 12.00; Geo. A. account—Vansteenkist 12.00; ceiver-General, 4 carloads of Wood 489.37; Frieda Waghorn, ing wood, 6 cords 9.00; W. H. ac- Love, Re­ Birch haul- Roes- Stephen, stakes re Khiva 7.0 0. Carried. Council adjourned to meet in the Town Hall, Crediton. HIBBERT COUNCIL The Hibbert Township Council met for their regular monthly Coun­ cil meeting on Saturday, February 5th, in’the Staffa Township Hall, all members present, the Reeve pre­ siding. The Clerk read the minutes of the previous meeting which were adopted as read. By-law No. 5, 1944 appointing fence-viewers and pound keepers, By-law No. 7, 1944 authorizing the Reeve and Treas­ urer to sign the cheques and By^1 law No. 10, 1944 confirming the appointment of Win. (G. McGeorge, O.L.S., as Township Drainage En­ gineer were given their third and final reading and passed. The ten­ ters for the crushing and deliver­ ing the gravel on to the Township Roads was considered at this meet­ ing and the contract was let to Mr. Claude Smith, of London. The Audi­ tors report was presented to the council which was adopted and the Clerk was instructed to print fifty copies for distribution among the ratepayers. A resolution was passed donating the Salvation Army fifty dollars. The following accounts were paid: The Municipal World, $36.34; Montieth & Montieth, aud­ it 128.5 0; Salvation Army 50.'00. Thos. D. Wren, Clerk. DR. e. A. CAMPBELL HEAD OF BLANSHA11D TELEPHONE The annual meeting of the Tele­ phone System of the Township of Blanshard. was held in Aberdeen Hall at Kirkton. The officers elect­ ed are: Commissioners, Dr. C. A. Campbell (chairman), William L. Ratcliffe, and Sydney Adamson; secretary-treasurer, Sydney Adam­ son; auditors, Nesbitt Russell and Newton Clarke. Mr. Adamson reported a good year for the company. Two ex­ changes are operated, one at Gran­ ton and one at Sebringville. The number of telephones on December 31, 1943, was Granton, 1,335, and Sebringville, 421, total, 1,778. Dr. C. zler, hauling wood, 43 cords 64.50; Centralia Co-op. Co. Ltd., hauling wood, 22 cords 33.00; “Yes, very,’1' works on the find whatever don’t want it by looking Where iUroniked tinder the direction, of some wouldn’t be if you did If ” of the ladies of the Library board. The lives of many young people are made miser­ able by the breaking out of pnnples, and you probably know of cases where a premising romance has been spoiled by those ted, white, festering and pus filled sores on the face., , » ■ The trouble is not s6 much physical pain, but the mental suffering caused by*. the embarrassing disfigiircnient which very often makes the Sufferer ashamed id go out in company, The quickest way to get rid of pimples is to improve the general health by a thorough cleansing of the blood, Burdock Blood Bitters helps to cleanse the blood and with the blood cleansed the complexion shduld dear up. The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.