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THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 1948
“Seem’ Things”
Some people are “seeing things’’ as
witness the late submarine scare. Yes, a
submarine was seen in the Pacific but it
never was nearer than two hundred miles
from the United States. Indeed, some ob
servers say that the sub when seen was
nearer the Russian coasts than the United
States coast. Further, we are not convinc
ed that the submarine belonged to Russia.
One benefit is' coming from this scare and
that benefit is that we may now talk about
submarines and about our old friend the
sea serpent. There are bound to be lots of
scares abroad but we will investigate and
give those who are not our friends to un
derstand that we arc alert. Having eyes
we see. More than that, having minds we
understand. In the midst of these days
so fateful we may be required to change
our plans. Let no one become worried
when our wise leaders change their plans,
a wise man changes his mind when cir
cumstances point the wisdom of that
course. Only an ass never changes his
mind. The western allies are going to keep
an even keel. They may be obliged to
change their course because of stormy cir
cumstances but they are never going to
forget their propose! port of entry,-—the
freedom of the world. They are not going
to put then* foot so far forward that they
cannot draw it back. ' At the same time
they are aiming to be so strong and so
prepared for any eventuality that those
who are hostile to their ideals cannot but
know that western words are backed by
powers of strong and quick action. They
have had enough of appeasement. They are
a bit tired of butterfly politics that get no
one anywhere but into difficulties and last
ing sorrows. They have little use for de
lays that serve no purpose but that of al
lowing the enemy to strengthen his posi
tion. We are promoting an armed peace.
We know how to behave ourselves and
that is the way we are going to conduct
ourselves, come what will. But let no one
think that we are not ready to strike
quickly and to strike the very minute
those who do not think as we do. do not
mind their manners.
Unhappy Finland
Finland has' cast her lot with Russia.
Apparently she won a partial diplomatic
triumph in her negotiations with her ag
gressive neighbour but the power triumph
rests with Russia as all the world may see.
She has made the effort to be both fish
and flesh. History tells the story of such
an effort. At this moment she is neither
eastern or western, though she is doing
her utmost to take toll of both. The wes
tern powers must see that to give aid to
Finland under present conditions, is for
them to fatten the coffers and to supply
•'■hells and bombs to Russia. It is to be hop-
<ed that all concerned will see the reality
•of the situation. Every copper given to
Finland means lack of bread to some wor-
lliy ally who has staked his all in the
struggle for freedom. Finland cannot be an
ally at once with Russia and the western
peoples. She has set her face to the mid
night and all the western folk can do will
pot remedy her coming misery.
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Playing “Big Injun”
Russia has been playing the “big In
jun” over there in Berlin by ordering that
all trains entering Berlin shall be subjec
ted to Russian inspection. This was design
ed to impress the Germans with Russian
might, The western allies undoubtedly were
in Berlin but the Russians thought they
were running things. The western allies
showed that two. could play at that game
and the Russians pulled in their claws and
shortened their tether. Then there moved
into Berlin, quite by accident, of course,
that man M o n t g o m e. r v, so short on
speeches but so long on action. At any
rate, things have settled in Berlin to a
considerable extent but the bear is waiting
to do the nasty thing so soon as opportun
ity offers.
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Removing the Milk Control
The Ontario government has resolved
to remove nearly all milk controls as far
as distribution is concerned, and as fur as
prices go, When, we look at the siuation
we see that the government is saying that
prices must not fall below the cost of pro
duction. Who is to *ay what the cost of
production is? There’s a nice little fly in
the ointment there. Then it says something e
about the regulating the economics of de- 1
livery. Does this mean that the consumer
will be obliged to buy his milk from the
distributor living nearest to him? Just such
an arrangement! If a milk distributor de
termines to deliver milk in Greenland or
in Arabia, whose business is it? Apparent
ly the Ontario government, has seen a red
light and is acting accordingly.
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And Those Housing Regulations
At last the federal government has
found that all this pother about building
houses by the government is a poor and
very much second hand arrangement. There
was clamour for such houses and the gov
ernment yielded thereto only to find at
long last that the scheme was beset by no
end of unforeseen difficulties. The uplif-
ters prove poor business men. When the
government kept the. channel for materials
anything like clear, people could and did
build their own houses.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For those unfortunates who awaken in
the morning with a ringing in their ears,
we would like to console them by saying
that it is due (we hope.) to the tolling of
the town bell and not the result of a
fc “night before”. The absence of the bell
made it subject to some of the most odi-
ferous puns it has ever been our displea
sure to hear. Summing them up, it could
be said that the. man for the job would
require plenty of pull and be able to get a
bong out of the chimed life die would un
doubtedly lead.
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Clover, Alfalfa and Honey
For some time there has been difficul
ty in procuring alfalfa and clover seed.
Alsike seed went by the board to a great
extent some time ago. Various reasons
have been given for this failure of the
fodder legumes though none of them are
altogether satsifactory. Along with failure
of the alfalfa and clover and alsike. seed
lias gone a falling off in the honey crop.
The belief persists that there is a connec
tion between those two failures. Some lay
the failure to the use of insecticides in the
killing of the farmer’s plant enemies,
though the theory has not quite establish
ed itself. May not the cause of the failure
of the seeds be due to the deeper cultiva
tion of the soils, the heavy modern machi
nery, a process that hurries unduly the
bringing up of soil constituents necessary
for the seeds for the mysterious processes
of the soil have fully matured the plant
foods. Clovers have a way of bringing up
those constituents gradually. Has the hea
vy farm machinery brought these consliu-
ents forward in an immature state that
causes the clover plants to be lacking in
some quality essential to honey production.
There are many features of the soil and
of plant life and of insect life that we
have not yet laid bare. We know, too, that
over-feeding can be done very easily and
when this over-feeding is done, harm is
sure to follow. The farmer has many of
the hardest problems of his art yet to
solve, and one of these is the problem of
the soil.
Note and Comment
We wonder if there are still people
who think the .Marshall plan is a method
of buying a mattress.
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Some people have made the disco ver %v
that everything bought must be paid for
and every penny borrowed must be paid
back with interest.
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The only luck we know of
Is the kind that comes with -work.
You’ll never plant your garden
If you only stand and shirk.
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We do well to remember that William
Rennie, founder of the famous seed house
of that name, was an advocate of what is
known as shallow cultivation.
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Walter Winchell, in his Sunday night
radio commentary, made the statement that
fault-finding anti-Roosevclt writers were,
depositing money, made from their “kick
ing mud on F.D.R.’s grave”, in banks which
he saved. Services for the man who rated
the respect of friend and foe alike were
held at Hyde Park on Monday of this
week,-—the third anniversary of the great
est stroke of ill-luck that ever befell a na
tion, or democratic people anywhere.
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50 YEARS AGO
The street watering cart made
Tuesday,its first appearance
its service being much needed.
The Exeter Band
made the purchase of a magni
ficent clarinet which
used by Mr. Geo. Eacrett.
band can now boast of some ex
cellent and costly instruments.
Mr. J. A. Stewart lias been
having the interior of his store
windows improved by large mir
rors placed at the back and
side. He has also had mirrors
placed in convenient places
throughout the store.
Between '2 and 5 o’clock Sun
day morning, burglars gained
admittance through fctlie front
entrance to the Central Hotel
in Lucan by cutting their way
through tlie two front panels
and" slipping the bolts. They se
cured ten dollars in small
change, a half a dozen bottles
of ale, several boxes of cigars,
an ample supply of bread and
butter, three dozen eggs and an
overcoat. Tlie tools were stolen
from Jas. Anderson’s carriage
shop.
The residence occupied by Mr.
A. Dempsey narrowly escaped
being burned on Monday last,
caused by a defective chimney.
Tlie fire started in the roof and
had gained considerable
way.
Messrs. A. Dow and
Snell, who left here some
ago with a carload of horses
for Manitoba, returned home on
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. A. Stewart, Miss Kate
B'ontliron, Miss Edith Gidley,
Miss Ada McLaughlin, Mr. and
, T. W. Hawkshaw, Mr. J.
Boulton, Mr. H. E. Paule
R. C. C. Tremaine attended
Military Ball at Seaforth.
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have returned from Detroit and
have rented a farm in Stephen
Township.
Mr. H. S. Nicklin has been
promoted to the position of
city engineer of Guelph.
Warden B. W. F. Beavers
was in Stratford last week with
a committee from Huron County
meeting -with reference to unit
ing the county jails of ’Huron
and Perth, tlie
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or two days good run.
prisoners to be
at Stratford.
S. Davis resumed his
clerk at the Central
Monday.
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15 YEARS AGO
Checker players from Exeter
and Hensali wound up tlie seas
on with a tournament in Exeter
on Thursday evening of last
week. Sides were chosen as
follows: Dr. Moir, Archie Brint-
nell, Jas. Sweet, B. Edwards
and E. Edwards against J.
Zuelfe, J. M. Southcott, C.
Brintnell, Chas. Triebner and J.
S. Grant. Two games each were
played. Dr. 'Moir and A. Brint
nell were -high with 15 points
each out of a possible 20. Dr.
Moir’s side won 5 6 to 4 4,
Good Friday passed off quiet
ly in Exeter. The Weather was
dreary with scattered showers
during the day. Services were
held in two of the churches dur
ing the day.
Miss Marjorie Medel, who lias
been taking a course in dietetics
at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto,
has completed her course and
has returned home.
Miss Nettie Keddy attended a
convention of the executive of
“ of the
Toronto.
the Provincial Board
Women’s Institute in
this week.About eight o’clock Tuesday
evening fire broke out in the
barn of Mr. Win. Fraser on
Huron street and before it was
noticed it had gained such
headway that it was impossible
to save Mr. Fraser's horse
which was in the barn at the
time. The fire was first noticed
by Mrs. Fraser who called to
the neighbors who were soon
on the scene. The 'fire depart
ment was called. The fire had'
spread to the liay in the mow
and flames were issuing from
the upper floor. They were
soon quenched but not before
considerable of the roof and
siding had been destroyed.
Three little kittens and a cat in
the mow were also destroyed.
The origin of the fire is a mys
tery.
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razor blades and
to $25.00
stolen. Entrance to the
was made by breaking the
in one of the rear win-
Drawers had been rifled
1O YEARS AGO
Sometime between midnight
Saturday and early Sunday
morning the drugstore of Mr.
M. Walker was broken into and
some change,
cigarettes amounting
were
store
glass
dows.
and the change stolen. The of
fice of Mr. Wickwire and the
office of Jas. Bowey had been
entered by a rear window and
the drawers rifled but nothing
of value had been taken.
Monday was a red letter niglit
for the brethren of Lebanon
Forest Lodge A.F. & A.M., it
being the occasion of the offici
al 9
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ving
room
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neighboring lodges. The work of
the first degree was exemplified
by W. M. Bro. W. Harvey Pol
len and liis officers,
the work of the
brethren
nient of
where a
quet was
the congregation.
Leavitt’s Theatre \was packed
to the doors on Wednesday eve
ning of last week to witness
tlie musical comedy “The Des
ert Song” presented by St.
Paul’s Church, Kirkton, under
the auspices of the Young
People of Main St. Y.P.U. The
play was a marvelous .undertak
ing for a small community The
cast all took their parts
tionally well Tlie
very fine.
Tlie road from
Pt. Blake known
Road and the road .known
visit of the D.D.G.M. Rt.
Bro. H. M. Corbett, of Ir-
Lodge, Lucan. The lodge
was .crowded, many visit
being present from the
Following
evening ’ the
adjourned to tlie base-
the Main St. Church
very sumptuous ban-
served by tlie ladies of'
excep-
costumes were
Russeldale to
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