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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-03-25, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 25th, 1948 Cxeter Wme^bbocate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 192-1 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario* Quebec Division of the OWN A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30th, 1947 - 2,214 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2,50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 0 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott * Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY, MARCH 25th, 1948 Talking Too Much We have been told recently of the quarters in which the British government was sheltered during the peak of the bom­ bardment of London, Is it in the public interest for such information to be broad­ cast? Is not this the very sort of thing that our enemies wish to know about? We are told, too, of the sources of Uranium and other minerals used in the manufac­ ture of the atomic bomb. Every new war munition soon finds its description in the popular press. We tell the world the strength of our air force, the numbers of our air force and the strength of our ar­ mies. We let all and singular know of the cash in our banks and in our public trea­ sury. Anyone, on a little inquiry, may know where our generals and our strate­ gists may be found. All this is very fine. We believe in the exhortation to be as harmless as doves. But why do we not heed the whole exhortation to be not only as harmless as doves but as wise as ser­ pents. We. have a fashion of scaring the children by telling all we know about the naughtiness of our enemies. We think our­ selves the best of public servants by so doing. If we see anyone enjoying a degree of comfort we. immediately try to send a few lively "wasps his way. We cannot but ask if this sort of thing is getting us any­ where but into misery. The gadfly is a very good creature to rouse the sluggard but it is no friend of the worker. The policy of “Hush! Hush!’’ may be mislead­ ing. Just now most of us need to examine carefully those cries of “Wolf! Wolf!’’ When we are shivering and jittery we are not at our best as producers, and produ­ cers are very much wanted just now. t* # * # When a Judge Isn’t a Judge A fuss has been stirred up because of criticism of Sir Lyman Duff's report on the ill fated adventure of Canadian sol­ diers on the Hong Kong expedition. Some very big wigs have complained because the. press had ventured to say that the eminent jurist’s report has not proven satisfactory. The big wigs tell us that the jurist’s re­ port is to be accepted without criticising the man who made the report. The report "was made by a very learned judge, we are told, and all the dogs should withhold their barking. The press is out of its cor­ ner, we are told in making criticism of a .judge so eminent. We beg to differ. We wish to point out that when Sir Lyman sat on the commission he was not on the. bench. His official robes were laid aside. When acting as a commissioner he was siiuplv a Canadian citizen. In that capa­ city he had none of the dignity and none of the prerogatives that hedge a judge. While on the subject we venture to sav that we are not in accord with this thing of appointing judges to deal with such .matters as Sir Lyman undertook. A judge •does very well when he attends to his purely judicial functions. Further, a judge is only too likely to do a poor job at an •undertaking with which he is not familiar. Governments incur suspicion when they borrow a judge’s robes to cover up purely business matters. We fail to see how a judge is qualified to tell the nation of the fitness or other wise a purely7 military ex­ pedition. A man like General Montgomery would be equal to such a task. At least we venture the. opinion that he would have that fitness. In any case, when Sir Lyman undertook a public service, he laid himself open to public criticism. The press would -fail in its duty did it not offer that criti­ cism .* & ❖ * “If Thine Enemy Hunger” Just yesterday it seems the western European powers and the United States were in deadly war with Germany. Today those same powers together with western Germany are, seeking how they may bind up the open sore of the world. All of which gives us pause. As the guns roared and our cities and countryside were being reduced to bubble we were vowing never again would we. trust the nation that had clone this evil utterly unprovoked. Yet here we are taking counsel of one another and sharing our goods in order that our one. time enemy may be fed and reinstated. Well may surrounding nations stare and wonder. Future, generations will study and wonder regarding this strange thing that has come to pass. There, are but two ways open to the conquerors in the war. The one way was the. way of spoliation. As the conquerors divided up Germany for ad­ ministrative purposes the eastern portion of Germany fell to Russia, And we know what Russia lias done. She has made the poverty-stricken land poorer still. She has rubbed salt into the wounds of the humil­ iated people. Will the sober judgement of history approve her course? The United States and the western European powers are doing what reason can suggest to have such parts of Germany as are under their control have an opportunity to amend their ways, to forsake their false guides and to behave ^themselves. All the world will watch this great effort on the part of the powers now taking counsel. Will fair play and good will accomplish what arms and intrigue could not do ? Will unmixed good­ ness in practice show itself greater than the sword? Is mercy again to show itself mightier than the mightiest and to bless him that gives and him that takes ? * * * * We Simply Will Not Heed When the two world wars ended a great many people said that the war would not have visited the world with death and desolation had the governments of the de­ mocratic countries told their citizens of the impending danger. With those who talk in this way we disagree. The people had been told of what was going on and of what they were warranted in looking for. The people simply despised their warnings. The same condition exists in the public mind today. The greedy and the cunning take advantage of the fears that are in the way to carry out their selfish but shortsighted plans. They look on while their better dis­ posed citizens do what can be done to pre­ vent the threatening danger from overtak­ ing the commonwealth, meanwhile using their time and strength to further their own avaricious ends. Just now in these very hours we. have the best opportunity the race ever had of preventing the horrors of war. Western Europe is uniting in deadly earnest for this purpose. The U.S.A, is solidly behind those, countries. We simply are providing ourselves with bigger and better guns than those which threaten to invade ours coasts with the single intention of shooting just where, the invader threa­ tens our liberties. If he does not behave we wish to be able to shoot on a split se­ cond just where he is standing. We cannot fight bandits by spraying them with rose water. Further, when the oppressor is a hundred miles within our borders it is too late to commence making munitions or training men. M Note and Comment The garden seeding m,ust wait. ❖ * >:< * Perhaps a nice, early spring and per­ haps not. Paris is famous for her sewers. Many of us wish Exeter were. ■ * * * ❖ No, we have not decided to spend our vacation in Palestine. * “V* In most Exeter basements last week it was possible to float everything but a loan. ❖ ❖ It bakes proud man decades to build up what a tornado will level in five min­ utes. # The U.S. are reversing their policy in Palestine. The debating school will have a little more practice. * * * # Now that we have had the real thing in equinoxial gales may wc not look for the real thing in spring and summer. & * # v* It is interesting to hear those big fel­ lows tell an innocent government that they followed the market that they, themselves, had made. Hollywood has nothing on Exeter. Here an ordinary citizen can have his own swim­ ming pool. But there’s one hitch—it’s in his basement. # 'X Well, the weatherman knows how to send rain, this way. Just as wc were sure that spring was here, down camo the real thing in a cold soaker. We might have, known that there was trouble, coming, The Aux Sables had not been on its annual rampage. “WHICH WAY? ?•**’*> ■*«**•’ J —Fitzpatrick in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. TIMES* Go By 50 YEARS AGO The concert given in Gidley’s Opera House under the auspices of the. Royal Templars on Mon­ day night was a most enjoyable affair. Mr. J. P. Clarke acted as chairman and a choice pro­ gram consisting of musical and literary talent, was carried out including speeches by Rev. Smith and J. E. Tom. Mr. Andrew Stewart, who has been connected with the firm of Stewart & Abbott, produce mer­ chants, has purchased half in­ terest in the Exeter Flouring Mills from Messrs. Rollins & Williams. At a meeting of the Exeter Lacrosse team held Tuesday evening, the following officers were elected: lion, president, A. Q. Bobier, president, N. D. Hur- don; vice-president, Jos. Senior; captain, M. Vincent; secretary­ treasurer, Jas . H. Grieve; ma­ naging committee, R. Kinsman, F. Lutz, F. Bissett, R. C. C. Tremain and F. Willis. Miss Edith Beer is learning the art of millinery .at Mr. E. J. Spackman’s. T. Mills, of Creditor! accep­ ted a position as tailor with Mr. A. S. Snell. Mr. Spicer has accepted a position as jailor with White & May, of St. Marys. Warren Ross has accepted a position with Messrs. H. Bishop & -Son to learn the hardware business. Mr. G. P. Hyndman, who has been studying medicine in De­ troit, Michigan, passed his final examination last week. 25 YEARS AGO The members of the Live Wire class of Main Street. Sun­ day School, of which Miss E. Follicle is the teacher, conducted the services of the school in Sunday afternoon last. Mr. Lyle Statham acted as superinten­ dent. The review of the lessons of the quarter was taken by Ed­ ward Aldsworth, Benson Tuc- key, Tom Pryde and Howard Dignan. Maurice Ford presided at the piano, while Edgar Run­ dle acted as secretary and Rus­ sell Brintnell as postmaster. Mr. Cliff Davis has resigned his position at Heaman’s Hard­ ware and is leaving for Windsor. The Exeter Lawn Bowling As­ sociation held its annual meet­ ing on Thursday evening of last week with about twenty mem­ bers present. The election of of­ ficers resulted as follows: Hon. presidents, Messrs. J. J. Merner H. Eilber, Wm. Black and An­ drew Hicks; president, G. E. Anderson; vice-president, H. S pack man; secretary, R. N. Creech, treasurer, T. S Woods. Messrs. Young & Clark have enlarged and remodelled their ice-cream parlor at the Commer­ cial Hotel at Hensail. 15 YEARS AGO The work of demolishing the old fire hall in Exeter North has just been completed and marks the passing of a landmark as old as the village. The Town Hall on Tuesday evening was packed to capacity for the Story Telling and Ora­ torical Contest by the students of the Exeter Public School un­ der the auspices of the Exeter Women’s Institute. The program was exceedingly interesting as all the scholars took their parts well. First prize winners were as follows: Story Telling, pri­ mary, Marie Melville; first book, Mary Easton; second book, Dorothy Kydd; junior 3rd, Flo­ rence Southcott. The judges were Miss Manning, Miss Love and Mr. Bamford. Oratory, sen­ ior 3rd, Labelle Sims; junior 4th, Grant Taylor; senior 4th, Eileen Lewis. The judges were Mr. Koch, Miss Gaiser and Mr. R. Parsons. Elocution, senior 3rd, Marie Sterling; junior 4th, Eleanor Abbott; senior 4th, E- laine Stanbury. 'The judges were Mr. Dodds, Miss Francis and Miss Hunter. Several of the rooms sang selections under the leadership of Mr. Goulding. .........................................—...... IB Messrs. Carling & Morley have installed a new filing system for their client’s papers in their fire proof vault. They are also redecorating the interior of their office. Recognizing the valiant ser­ vice rendered in the Peace River District by Dr. Margaret Strang during the past two years, the General Board of - Missions of the Presbyterian Church in Can­ ada recently granted Dr. Strang a furlough of three months. IO YEARS AGO A one day tractor school with free moving pictures for farmers and their families was held in the Exeter Town Hall on Fri­ day of last week by the Inter­ national Harvester Company of which Mr. F. W. Huxtable is the agent. In the afternoon lec­ tures and pictures were given. In the evening the program con­ sisted of educational pictures and comedies. The hall was crowded and many were not able to get in. The Exeter Bowling Club held a St. Patrick’s dance, in the Ex­ eter Arena Friday evening. Nu­ merous prizes were given. Sever­ al person enjoyed the evening at bridge. Mr. Hugh Berry, of Usborne, has’ been appointed secretary­ treasurer of the Kirkton Agri­ cultural Society**' to . fill he va­ cancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Amos Doupe. There is some maple syrup that has made its appearance upon the local market but the quantity is not large -and it now looks as if this will be a poor season for syrup. Mr. Wm. D. Smith, who has been employed with the Cana­ dian Canners in Exeter has been appointed manager of the For­ est Branch. Leavitt’s Theatre was packed Saturday afternoon to see the farm moving pictures under the auspices of the South Huron Plowmen’s Association and the Thames Road 'Farmers’ Club. An address was given by Professor Ruknke, of the O.A.C. Guelph, on oils, soil testing and ferti­ lizing. Use Travellers Cheques For E ase an d s ecurity If you’d like a safer, handier way of carrying funds on your next trip, you’d do well to join the thousands of Canadians who use Bank of Montreal travellers cheques. For special safety, you sign each cheque on top as you buy it and sign .again on the bottom when you cash it. Thus there is no difficulty labout identifica­ tion. You can obtain these cheques at low cost in all Bank of Montreal branches. They are safe, convenient, yet easily cash­ ed. (adv't) SMILES . . . . He was moody and glum af­ ter the dance and his friend could hardly get a word out of him. “What’s the matter?’’ he ask­ ed. "Didn’t you get on well with the girl I introduced to you?" “Well," said his friend. "I asked her three or four times if I could see her home, and she said if I was as keen on her home as all that she’d send me a photograph of it." 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