The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1945-10-11, Page 2Page g THE TIMES.AHVQCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1945
Cxeter
Tinies established 1873; Advocate established 1881
amalgamated November 1024
PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING
AT EXETER, ONTARIO
An Independent Newspaper tlevoted to the interests
of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District
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
Eater Than Noon on Tuesdays
SUBSCRIPTION RATE
$2,00 a year, in advance; six months, ?1.0Q
three months 60c
I. M, SOUTHCOTT * - PUBLISHER
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, IMS
Congratulations
Heartiest congratulations are extended to
Rev. Mr. Woods and his congregation on the
fiftieth anniversary of the erection of their fine
church edifice on Main Street, Many stirring
events have come and gone since that day half
a century ago when this church opened its doors
for public worship. We have had the South
African War and the World War of 19IS, Hyd
ro electric power has been developed to the
great advantage of village and countryside. Our
streets have been paved, schools have been im
proved, new places of business have opened, the
facilities for health and comfort have been
greatly improved and developed. During these
years Main Street people under the leadership
of capable and devoted ministers, have steadily
and faithfully ministered to the religious life
of the community. Gladly the village and
countryside welcomed those who found it pos
sible to join in the services of last Sunday.
Many, too, were the words of commendation of
the fine appearance of the church, both in its
exterior and its interior. Especially were the
words of appreciation regarding the interior
of the church, as this church is one of the most
beautiful in this region, so becoming is it in
colour and proportion and blending of lovely
colors. The church grounds, too, attracted a
great deal of attention, as the minister, Rev,
N. J. Woods and the lady of the parsonage
are artists in this fine work. What wonders
this edifice will see in the coming years cannot
be forecast, but we are sure that what devotion
to life’s best things can bring will follow in
the wake of the devotion of the pastor and
people of this outstanding church.
i
Why the Silence?
When word came out that there had been
a disco-very of one million, six thousand pounds
of perfectly good sugar, the daily papers with
some exceptions, maintained a dignified and
stony silence on this matter. One editor waved
his fountain pen and told the world that the
discovery would do little to relieve the sugar
stringency. The million odd pounds of sugar
was a small matter, he let us know. A trifle
after all is a trifle. We cannot but wonder how
many trillion tons of sugar are required to
sweeten our housekeeping. Further we wonder
who did the hoarding and wait for word of
what is being done about the occurrence.
* * * *
‘ Pretty Tough
Two weeks ago we drove through districts
of this county adapted to bean growing.. Field
after field was seen with beans in neat piles,
waiting for an extra day’s drying before being
taken to the barn. Instead of drying days, how
ever, there came a heavy rain. Since that, wet
days have been almost continuous, till now we
greatly fear those fine fields of beans are ruin
ed. The loss in such a case is considerable in
any event. Many a farmer depended upon his
•bean crop for his ready cash. Now that cash
•simply is not coming his way. He has been at
the expense of preparing the land for seed, the
.seed itself costs a round sum, there has been
the cost of the field cultivation, the money paid
•out for harvesting, to say nothing of the loss
of some crop that would, have fed cattle or
horses or poultry. Further, the bean crop gives
but One monetary turnover. Twelve months
must pass before the farmer has any hope of
getting any money from the field where he lost
his beans. In some instances the loss of the bean
crop means that the farmer becomes discour
aged and prepares for a sale. Little wonder
that many farm boys fight shy of the “good
old farm” when choosing lifetime occupation.
We Want To. Know
News columns of the daily paper last Wed
nesday morning told that somewhere in Java
or in that vicinity, were one million, six hundred
thousand tons of sugar stored snugly away
where the public could not get at it. The rest
of us were getting on as best we could with one
cupful of sugar per week, for all purposes.
Little children had neither candy nor cookies.
Housewives exhausted the resources of ingenu
ity to get a little canning done. Nutritionists
were put through something like an economic
third degree to discover ways and means where
by less sugar might be doled out under a sys
tem of the strictest rationing. Now comes the
word of this one million, six hundred thousand
pounds of sugar being held back from a liberal
patient humanity who uphold the forces of law
and order, no .matter what the inconvenience
endured. Who has been guilty of this unpardon
able sugar outrage? We look to our govern-
ment to tell us. Evidently the family of Hitler
and Himmler bus a number of moral relatives.
Gagin and Shylock are ‘models of generosity in
comparison with those foul merchandisers who
hold high heads at noonday but who bedevil the.
commercial world in darkness. And all this
when the ink is still moist on the minutes and
agreements of the loudly heralded San Eran-
cisco conference. The whole sugar’ offence may
be cleared up and it must be cleared up, even
at the cost of war. The parties guilty of the of
fence reported must be discovered, punished
and driven forever from dealing with men who
do honest merchandising. Even the shadow of
the ballot box cannot be allowed to shelter vil
lainy so utterly perfidious.
« *
Campaign Opens On October 22nd
The canvass of the Ninth Victory Loan
Campaign will officially open on Monday, Oc
tober 22nd, with a minimum objective of
$1,500,000,000. This is the largest objective
ever t’o be offered to the people of Canada.
In arriving at this figure, Mr. Ilsley stated
that he was counting on a heavy over-subscrip
tion as his real need was $1,900,000,000. This
amount will be necessary, as there will be no
loan next spring.
The slogan for the Ninth Victory Loan will
be—“Sign Your Name For Victory.”
* * * »
We Need Not Wonder
Very good people who should know better,
are making moan because Russia objects to
France having a look in at the conference of
the nations whose object is to maintain the
peace of the world, A look in at the history
of France makes Russia’s attitude quite clear.
Only a little less than a century ago Russia
was obliged to be at wax* with France. Further,
Russia knows that France has a jealous eye
on the Mediterranean. Had it not been for the
mighty work of Nelson at Trafalgar, France
would long ago have had control of the Medi
terranean. Russia would not like to see her old
rival in this position. Further, Russia is wisely
opposed to allowing France any dominating
influence in the Italian or the Balkan regions.
Still further, Russia does not forget the mess
France made of things in the war that has just
been concluded. Her ears still ring with the
crash of France’s best defences against aggres
sive Germany. When it comes to a considera
tion of the Pacific regions, Russia has suffer
ed for many a decade from Japan. Japan never
has missed an opportunity to pinch in on Rus
sian fisheries. That kingdom never has played
fair wifh Russia. In this connection, too, Russia
suspects that the United States may curry fav
or with Japan in the hope that one day Japan
ese powers may curb Russia and in this and in
other ways further United States interests in
the Pacific. While we have no desire to live in
Russia, we are trying to see world affairs from
the Russian angle. On the whole, in the nego
tiations so far, Russia has been on the alert
for her own interests, and that, largely, in a
protective manner. When one thinks of it, are
not Britain and the United States looking out
for the welfare of their respective countries ?
If Bevan and Byrnes'have not been oh the alert
we wonder why they should have been at the
conference that is just closing. We must never
forget that Britain and the United States do
not make up the whole of creation.
* # # «
A New Era
Not so long ago diplomacy consisted in
something like impressing the other fellow with
the notion that he was having all his own way
while in reality the other fellow was having
everything his own way. After the treaty was
signed under such condtions there was likely
to be heart-burnings and recriminations, and
not infrequently, war. Russia evidently does not
believe in that sort of thing and is insisting
that speech-making at international confer
ences shall be as plain as a pikestaff and as
bald as a billiard ball. That country believes
in chasing every nigger from every woodpile.
There is to be nothing hidden behind a flood
of words. Everything is to be as unequivocal
as the directions of a traffic policeman. It
seems that the recent London meeting of prime
ministers has come to grief because Russia in
sisted on this way of carrying on negotoations.
In any case the war has taught the lesson taught
long ago that one’s word should be yea or nay.
Only the slow of mind fail to see this. Perhaps
the London conference of prime ministers has
taught the world that common honesty of
speech is the only way of speaking when ad
justments are to be made, let the negotiators
be prime ministers or just plain fellows like
ourselves. Appeasment has worn itself thread
bare—-and blood stained.
« * * »
As we were huddling over hot air registers,
ReV. Ernest Grigg, who just now is in the
Carolinas, is enjoying weather conditions de-
sidedly like midsummer.
» # * *
We hear complaints from time to time to
the effect that young men being released from
overseas service are unwilling to take up civic
duties. There is room for this complaint. How
ever, there are two sides to this situation. For
instance, we came across one lad who was busy
at the bench in his father’s ’ shop. He was gen
uinely employed and eager t'o talk about his
occupation and to discuss his plans for the fu
ture. We came upon still another who was help
ing out on the fatm. We can cite no end of
such cases. These young fellows had been away
from their usual occupations for from three to
four years. But they were down to business in
dead earnest. In both instances of their return
to Canada they were on lifework bent, In all
such cases sound common sense was winning
the day,
1O YEARS AGO
A pretty autumn wedding took
place at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Rowe on Saturday at twelve
o’clock when their only daughter,
Mildred May, was united ih mar
riage to Mr. William Chalmers Al
lison, son of Mr. and Mrs. J» T.
Allison, of the Thames Road. The
ceremony was performed by Rev*
Arthur Page.
Mr. Chester Lee who recently
moved to Exeter from (Lucknow
and, who has opened up a lunch
room in the store of Mrs. E. Willis,
has purchased a lot on the corner
of William and Victoria streets and
is preparing to erect a new resi
dence.
Mr. and Mrs. George Earl, of
Zion, who recently purchased the
residence of Mr, H. W- Doerr, ou.
Main Street are moving to Exeter
this week.
Messrs. Jas. Morley, Silas Reed
and Frank Creech motored to De
troit and took in the final game of
the world series on Monday between
Chicago and. Detroit.
The Cheerio Concert Co., of St.
Thomas, put On a splendid concert
in James Street Church on Tuesday
evening, under the auspices of the
W.A.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs, Herman Dayman
are this week moving to Hensail
where they will take possession of
the grocery business recently pur
chased j from T. C. Joynt.
The fifth annual athletic meet
of the Huron Amateur Athletic
Association was held in Exeter on
Friday afternoon last and the stu
dents of Goderich, Clinton and
Seaforth collegiates, Mitchell and
Exeter High Schools and Hensall
Continuation School competed keen
ly for honors. Goderich won the
McMillan cup, emblematic of the
highest number of points. Exeter
won the cup donated this year (by
W. G. Medd, M.L.A., for the second
highest standing. '
25 YEARS AGO
On Wednesday evening last a
number of the Exeter hockey en
thusiasts motored to Zurich where
they, with the Zurich boys, held, a
•meeting and organized what will
be known as the Exeter-Zurich
Hoekey Club. The following offi
cers were elected: honorary pres.,
J. Pi-eeter; honorary vice-pres., F.
K. Chapman; president, Major W.
. J. Heaman; vice-pres., Tolly Wurm;
secretary, G. R. Ferguson,; treas
urer, W- Braun; manager, Goldie
Cochrane; captain, C. V. Hoffman.
Mr. John Hunkin is building a
large cement smoke stack at the
salt block. The Exeter Salt Co., is
having the buildings thoroughly
renovated.
The rural mail couriers have been
re-engaged, Mr. T. Laing for four
years and Mr. H. Parsons for two
years.
The new cement road on Station
Street was opened for traffic last
week.
On Monday at West McGillivray
a monument in memory of the fall
en heroes of that district in the
great war was unveiled in the pres-
ence of a large gathering of people.
The whole monument stands about
seventeen feet high and is a beau
tiful piece of work designed and
erected by Messrs. Pryde and Cun*
ningham, of Exeter.
SO YEARS AGO
On Thursday last while Mr.
Frank Marshall and Chas. Bossen-
berry were working around the
roof of Mr. W. Moore’s new house
at Hensall the scaffold gave away
and precipitated both to the ground
—a distance of 45 feet. Mr. Bossen-
berry received a bad shaking-up
and internal injuries while Mr.
Marshall escaped with a few slight
bruises,
Division Court was held here on
Monday with His Honor Judge
Doyle presiding,
Mr, Alex Johnston, who has been
a resident of Exeter for the past
year, has taken the Massey-Harris
agency at Stratford and will move
his family there next week,
Miss L. Hardy and Miss L. Johns
have again resumed their musical
studies and are now taking a course
with W. C. Barron, iLondon Con
servatory of Music.
On Wednesday evening of last
week the congregation of Holy
Trinity Church at Lucan accom
panied by a large number of friends
of other congregations, met in the
township hall to welcome home the
Rev. R. H. Shaw and wife who
have just returned home from a
three months’, sojourn in England
and Ireland.
R.0.A.F, men forced to bail out
over Germany were equipped with
compassess hidden ih many ingeni
ous ways. One might be concealed
in the Second button of an airman’s
tunic with the north pole marked
in phosphorous dots, or it might
be hidden in his pipe stem, liis pen
cil or in the back of a comb. All
aircrew carried an emergency kit
containing concentrated energy food
a tiny rasor, maps and foreign cur
rency.
District Field Meet Held at Hensall
The annual district field meet
was held in Hensall on Thursday,
Oct. 4th, with ten rural schools
participating. The parade from the
Town Hall was led by the Clinton
Collegiate Bugle Band, Mr. Judd,
principal of Hensall Public Schoon,
was chairman for the afternoon.
Juvenile Boys’ Events—-50 yarn
dash, Billie Fink, Hensall, Gerald
Bell, Tuckersmith S.S. No. 1, Neu
Wildfong, Dashwood; broad jump,
Gerald Bell, Billie Fink, Carl
Regier; three-legged race, Can
Regier and Bobbie Taylor, Homer
Campbell and Dwayne Tinney, No,
2 Hay, Earl Werberg and Barrie
Baker, Dashwood,
Juvenile Girls — 50 yard dash,
/Agnes Miller, No. 12 Hay, Jean
Haugh, Dashwood, Ruth Soldan,
Hensall; broad jump, Jean Haugh,
Shirley Coleman, No. 10 Hay, Ag
nes Miller; three-legged rdee, Mar
lene Richardson and Shirley Bed
ard, No. 3 Hay, Jean Haugh and
Eleanor Becker, Dashwood, /Mar
garet Wildfong and Marilyn Tuck-
ey, No. 2 Hay.
Junior Boys—75 yard dash, Ron
ald Heimrich, Zurich, Douglas
O'Brien, Zurich, iLloyd Buchanan,
Hensall; softball throw, Ronald
Heimerich, Donald Adkins, No. 3
Hay, Bill Carlisle, Hensall; broad
jump, Douglas Q'Briqn, Ronald
Heimerich, Lloyd Buchanan; high
jump, Ronald Heimerich, Lloyd
Buchanan, Douglas O’Brien.
Junior Girls-—75 yard dash, Ann
Hildebrandt, Hensall, Jean McAl
lister, No. 3 Hay, Patsy Tuckey, No.
2 Hay; softball throw, Mary Klopp,
Zurich, Elaine Beer, Hensall, Ann
Hildebrandt; broad jump, Vivian
Regier,, Zurich, Ann Hildebrandt,
Shirley Chapman, No. 10 Hay; high jump, Marie Boyd, Hensail,
Lois Heckendorn, Zurich, Ann Hil
debrandt.
Intermediate Boys—Broad jump,
Paul Durand, No. 12 Hay, John
'Caldwell, No. 10 Tuckersmith, Earl
Soldan, Hensall; pole vault, Albert
Schilbe, No. 12 Hay, Paul Durand,
Earl Soldan; 100 yard dash, Paul
Durand, John Caldwell, Donald
McKinnon, Hensall; nigh jump,
Albert Schilbe, No. 12 Hay, Earl
■Soldan, George Rader, Dashwood.
Intermediate Girls—High Jump,
Shirley .Smith, Dashwood, Bernice
Dilling, No. 1 Tuckersmith, Phylis
Taylor,. Zurich; broad jump, Shir
ley Smith, Dashwood, Norma
Greene, No. 1 Tuckersmith, Phylis
Taylor; 100 yard dash, Shirley
Smith, Phylis Taylor, Gloria Kraft,
Dashwood; softball throw, Shirley
Smith, Shirley Guenther, Dash
wood, Dorothy Kirk, Hensall.
Senior Boys—Broad Jump, Bill
O’Brien, Zurich, Bob Traquair,
Hensall, Bill Elliott, Hensall; shot
put, Bill O’Brien, Norbert Mettel-
holt, Zurich, Bill Elliott; 100 yard
dash, Bill O'Brien, Campbell Krue
ger, Zurich, Bill Elliott; pole vault,
Jim Fuss, Zurich, Bill Elliott, Nor
man Mittleholtst,
Senior Girls-—High Jump, Mar
jorie Hoffman, Zurich, Eileen Mill
er, Zurich, Edna Petzke, HensaR;
broad jump, Marjorie Hoffman, Ed
na Petzke, Betty Moir, Hensall;1
softball throw, Ellen Bell, Hensaii,
Theresa Dietrich, Zurich, Pauline
Hess, Zurich; 100 yard dash, Bessie
Stephens, Hensall, Marjorie Hoff
man, Zurich, Edna petzke.
Girls’ Relay Race—-Alice Forres
ter, Zul'icb, Lois Heckendorn, Zur
ich, Phylis Taylor, Zurich, Stella
Rose; Hensall team, Marie Boyd,
Elaine Beer, Ann Hildebrandt,
Orion Stephen; Shirley Smith,
Dashwood, Gloria Kraft, Elaine
Becker, Marion Wildfong.
Boys’ Relay—Ronald Heimerich,
Glenn Neeb, William Mero, Doug
las O’Brien, Zurich; Lloyd Buchan
an, Ronald McKinnon, Jack Boya,
Earl Soldan, Hensall; David In
gram, Neil Taylor, Ross Corbett,
Jimmie Taylor, No, 10 Hay.
Champions—Juvenile .boys, Billie
Fink and Gerald Bell (tied); ju
venile girls, Jean Haugh; junior
boys, Ronald Heimerich; jumox
girls, Ann Hildebrandt; intermedi
ate boys, Paul Durand; intermedi
ate girls, Shirley. Smith; semox
boys, Bill O’Brien; senior girls,
Marjorie Hoffman.
Draw for War Savings Prize—$10
certificate, Clarence Volland, Hen
sall; $5 certificate, Mrs. ’Charles
Forrest.
RETURNING TO THE WEST
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hedden, who
have been spending the past month
with friends and relatives in Exeter
and vicinity, left this week to visit
with their son, Mervin at Brant
ford. They will also visit with their
daughter, Miss Muriel, in Ottawa,
prior to leaving for their home in
Crystal City, Man.
VV1NCHELSEA
•Quite a number from this com
munity attended the Lions Frolic
in Exeter last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E, Pooley were
in Toronto on Friday last attending
the funeral of the late Mrs, E,
Sprague.
Mrs, Flynn, of Centralia, spent
Thanksgiving day at the home of
Mrs. W. J. Veal.
Miss Joy Whitlock, of St. Thom-
as, spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Freeman Horne.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Goldwyn Glenn
and family, of Brinsley, spent a
few days the past week with Mr.
and Mrs. 'Sherwood Brock,
Mrs, Fred Davis, Mrs. Mervin
Elston, of Saintsbury, Mrs. Lloyd
Hern and baby Helen, of Zion, vis
ited on Monday with Mr. and Mrs.
George Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff ’Brock and
Johnny, of Elimville, spent Sunday
with Mr, and Mrs. Sherwood Brock.
Mr. and Mrs. George Davis spent
Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Davis, of Kirkton,
Miss Irene Pooley, of London,
spent the week-end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pooley.
Miss Wilma Veal spent the week
end with Miss Marion Murch, of
Elimville.
Painful, Pus Filled Boils
the Cause of Much Misery
If you suffer from boils you know how sick and
miserable they made you feel.
, Boils are an.outward indication of impurities in
the system, and just when you. think you are rid of
one another crops up to take its place and prolong
your misery. All the lancing and poulticing you can do may not stop more
coming.
, kelp, overcome boils, you should purify the blood, so why not give
that old, reliable blood medicine, Burdock Blood Bitters, a chance to snow
what it will do m helping you get rid of them? Thousands have used it for
this purpose for the past 60 years. Why not you?
The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont
1
.0
A Municipal Distribution Station
Burlington
Transformer Station
Your house must be ade
quately wired if you are to
have full benefit from Ihe elec
tricity you may want to use. If
your place is wired for a range
and a water heater, you can
assume that you have enough
wiring from the Smail trans
former fo your house. (From
Share, foe sure that you have
enough circuits and plenty of
outlets conveniently placed in every room. Remember
that any dne outlet can supply only d limited amount
of power efficiently arid Safely. Remember, too} that
you will want ah ever-growing number of electrical
conveniences ih the years to come. The economical
time to wire adequately is when yoU are building of
making major alterations. Plan nioW for• your
electrical future by wiring completely.
HYDRO provide
fast, dependabl
y SERVICE
Do you realize that Hydro power must be made
fo your order ... made and delivered to you so
quickly that it would seem to be always there?
Electricity cannot be stored. It must be made
within a tiny fraction of a second of the time it is
Used. The flow of water to the generators is
controlled by sensitive automatic gates, so as to
make Only enough for the demands of the
moment.
Whenever you flip a switch, you use electricity
before the water which made it can leave the
power house. Your order is received and filled
faster than a good camera can wink its eye. Ye!
the power comes to you through a giant trans
former station, a local distribution station, a
small transformer near your home ... all
connected by many miles of transmission and
distribution lines. z
Millions of dollars worth of equipment and a
multitude of watchful personnel stand ready to
serve you at the touch of your finger on a switch
at any moment of the day or night. That is what
Ontario has learned to expect from Hydro service.
Queenston-Chippawa
Generating Plant
ONLY THIS ONE PARPDEPENDS ON^YOU'
. : r. • ■' . ■ /I''’.' , W«
THE” HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO