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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-05-06, Page 2Wfje Exeter Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1024 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Class Mail, Dost Office Department, Ottawa THE TIMES-ADVpCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO! THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6th, 1948 4 1 FEED SERvirE I Quality Guarantee feeds Bishop, in The St. Louis Star-Times.Buy the Best for Less feed, will with SHUR-GAIN feeds are backed by years ence and guarantee that you get — not but the BEST. of experi- just The new hi-powered SHUR-GAIN Hog save you money because every bag is packed EXTRA food value which gets EXTRA results. Authorized as Second I Member of the Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario-Quebec Division of the OWN A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation i 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 PublishersJ. Melvin Southcott Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6th, 1948 Hope Revives We have had our first helping of as- backyard garden. The we may before the reader by a perusal of this great family giving every pro- paragus from our lettuce is coming along. Indeed have had our first has refreshed his this May 6th issue journal. The beets wise of furnishing us with a dish of the best greens imaginable. One enterprising citizen of our knowledge has had a salad of fine dandelions. Should he run short of dandelion roots we are in a position to tell him where roots may be found in this tight little village. Moreover, we saw child­ ren making all sorts of fun from the new mown grass of the lawn. The onions are preparing to fill the air with fragrance. All of which reminds us that, government or no government, we are going to live right on in gastronomic happiness. salad mind of are offering. In this connection, parents will do well to note that girls and boys are liable to take the low road the day they believe themselves “too big” for Sunday School. When a youth finds himself being enticed from the Sunday School he should see a red light just ahead of him and stop, look and listen. His next step may decide his destiny. have situa- States investi- Pussy’s Abroad While plain, taxpaying people been -wondering over the Palestine tion, a committee of the United government has been doing some gating. Here is one fact that has come out. Right along side of the part of Palestine new blazing with war possibilities is one of the largest oil cans of the world. In this locality that' embraces a territory as large as California and Oregon there is two-fifths of the world’s oil supply. Three United States companies control ninety per cent of this oil supply while a fourth U.S. company controls the remaining ten per cent of that oil supply. The United States g’overnment dealt tenderly -with these com­ panies on the understanding that the U.S. navy would be supplied with oil at forty cents per barrel. Then came a critical phase of the war followed by a jump in the price of oil to eighty cents per barrel. There followed another jump in the price to a dollar and five cents per barrel. Now there comes a demand for something like a dollar and eighty cents per barrel, every cent of which is paid by the United States taxpayer. A little incident in this connection is brought to our attention. A nice Ifttle enterprising group within the big group made an investment of one hundred thousand dollars. In fifteen years this tidy investment amounted to 91 million dol­ lars. Not a slack bit of financing you will properly say. Further, while this delightful business was going on there was a neat Vttle man or two who were government servants who were in the pay of the oil companies mentioned. In this way the oil companies were apprised of every move of the government and were in this way able to squeeze the government at will while it was snoozing contentedly in the sun. Further still, the oil companies mentioned have interests in Canada and we are putting our dollars into Hie coffers <of those fine people we have been telling you about. The Times-Advocate has its readers from time to time of what interests are doing to them but we still singing "You have waked me soon, I must slumber again”. So there have one of the real facts about the Pales­ tinian situation. The interests fill their coffers while our sons and brothers are threatened with death. What a snap for those interests were war to break out and the navies and the air forces of the world be hard put to it to secure oil. But peo­ ple insist on politics at any price. And there you are. You may read all about this in the Brewster report to the United States government, factual. told the are too vou We are not sensational but * A Timely Word and the United States have faced a crime wave for a number of years, Our best minds have been occupied with the dangers such a wave brings with it and arc devising every menus to meet the danger. It is interesting to note what the F.B.I. of the. United States has to say. Let it not be. forgotten that the F.B.I. is to the United States what the R.C.M.P. is to Canada. Said one. of the leading workers in the F.B.I.: “The Sunday School is about the best bulwark we have against the crime menace”, Those, words are worth J considering in days when baby sitters are coming to take the place of mothers and fathers a little too busy to look after Rob­ bie and Mary, It is the duty of all adults to see that our Sunday Schools are sup­ ported and that every youngster in the community is in Sunday School regularly, punctually with a prepared lesson and an Canada * The Aux Sables Administration It is satisfactory to note the "work that being done with the Aux Sables River. . are wondering if something cannot be the course of this To do so will involve will require the best experience and of required if the job is the results are to be the work of shorten- engineers great many is We done to greatly shorten meandering stream, considerable cost and efforts of practical .science. Time will be to be well done and permanent. We leave ing the course of the stream to who are expected to know a things with which the layman is unfami­ liar. One thing that is required is proper tillage of the black soil through which the river flows. Drainage leaves the soil dry and unfertile. To reclaim this soil to re­ productiveness requires time and a treat­ ment that will put bacterial life into the soil. There is no doubt about this. This is no job for tile inexperienced as we well know. The reforesting of the banks of the stream is a difficult and tedious process. The soil has been depleted by many wash­ ings and in a great deal of the region will not support vegetable life of any kind. At best the process of reclamation of these banks is a gradual process wherein the botanist and the practical man must work together. However, it can be done and the sooner tire work of rebuilding this fine countryside is begun the better. It is grati­ fying to note that the work of he Aux Sables administration is getting under way. The whole scheme is not the work of the individual but’of the government. $ Confer- United of wo­ Our Welcome Exeter welcomes the London ence branch of the W.M.S. of the Church of Canada. This fine body men are doing more for the stability of the Canadian commonwealth and the good of the world than the majority-of people are aware. Organized in the days when women in the non-Christian parts of the world were separated from gospel privi­ leges and deprived of those ministrations of social privilege that are inseparable from women's comfort and well-being, those patient ed doors that world full access’ to offer. From tion has been distinctly religious in aims. Gradually this organization has tended its operations till hospitals schools have opened in those regions Canada where the school and medical care have been difficult of access. No one can estimate what this activity has meant to the pioneer and his family. The AV.M.S. has been the outpost of our Christian civi­ lization. Business like in all its undertak­ ings, and careful in the selection of its workers and representatives, the highest sucess has attended their efforts through­ out its existence, till today it is the right hand of the church. We welcome these fine women and wish them every success. social privilege that are women’s comfort and . enduring women have open- allow the women of the to what civilization lias its inception this organiza- its ex- and i in A Danger Sea going folk tell us that little boats should keep near’ shore. We may be told that this is the some cases it is into the deep, means needs to servatism in their financing. When interest sinks, the salaried man and man of small income is sorely tempted to make invest­ ments promising larger rates of interest than he can secure by the usual means. When a prospective investment has any likelihood of imperilling the principal in­ vested, the wise course is not to invest. When the interest returns offered are large the would-be investor should see the red light and stop in time. Most people are well aware of these faots, But informed ^persons have a fashion of not living up to their information and suffer for their folly. * # «• -x- The good old furnace is still popular*. M M V n* The leaves are coming out. Even the gold ring we got for Christmas has started to turn green. exhortation of timidity. In well for ona to launch out Just now folk of small practice a considered con- New Bags Bulk SHUR-GAIN 18%Pig Starter $4.00 $3.70 SHUR-GAIN 16%Pig Developer $3.60 $3.30 SHUR-GAIN 15%Hog Grower $3.40 $3.10 SHUR-GAIN 16%Dairy Ration $3.40 $3.10 SHUR-GAIN 18%Chick Starter $4.30 $4.00 SHUR-GAIN 17%Growing Mash $3.90 $3.60 SHUR-GAIN 17%Laying Mash $3.95 $3.65 50 YEARS AGO Exeter bakers have raised the price of bread to seven cents a loaf. Mr. A. J. Rollins, who recent­ ly severed his connection with the well-known flrm. of the Rol­ lins & Williams Milling Com­ pany, was agreeably surprised on Saturday evening when the employees of -the mill gathered at his residence ,fand presented him with a handsome gold-head­ ed cane. A few weeks ago, Mr. Andrew Stewart, of the Stewart & Ab­ bott firm, purchased a half in­ terest in the Rollins & Williams Milling Company. This week Mr. George Stewart, of Farquhar, purchased the interest of Mr. Rollins. Exeter can boast of having one of the best bicycle and gen­ eral repair shops in Western Ontario, being the establish­ ment ol’ Mr. Israel Smith. He lias of late made many improve­ ments in the line of machinery and has added an enamelling room fitted with one of the best ovens on the market. The experimental spraying, undei’ the direction of Mr. W. M. Orr, took place in Mr. R. S. Lang’s orchard Wednesday and was witnessed by a large num­ ber of interested farmers. Mr. C. H. McCallum has suc­ cessfully passed his final exam ination in the Dental Depart­ ment of Buffalo University. Mr. John Spacknian, .of Grand Bend, informs us that fishing this season has been good and some splendid catches of white fish and trout have already been made. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Theodore Gray, who for the past few months has been organist at James Street Church has resigned to take a similar position in Centennial Methodist Church, London. Mr. and Mrs. John Wright have moved into their new resi­ dence in London. Mr. Wright has secured a position as fore­ man with William Heaman & Son, coal dealers. The Student Quartette of Vic­ toria College. Toronto, .gave an entertainment in James Street Church on Friday evening. The program was of the highest or­ der. The Masonic Order spent a very pleasant evening in their lodge rooms on Monday when Rt. ‘ Wor. Bro. R i c h a r d s o n, D.D.G.M., of St. Marys, paid his official visit to the lodge. There was an excellent turn-out of the members. Following the busi­ ness, the brethern sat down to a banquet which was much en­ joyed. Bro. Rev. Chidley spoke on “Masonry, in and out of the Lodge”. Messrs. R. Ferguson and R. N. Creech were in Teeswater Tuesday enjoying a day’s fish­ ing. Rev. H. J..Armitage, of Elim- ville, has received 'and accepted a unanimous invitation to be­ come pastor of the Methodist Church, Summerland, B.C. 15 YEARS AGO The A.Y.I’.A, of Trivitt Mem­ orial Church held >a very splen­ did banquet on Monday evening to wind up a very sucessful sea­ son. Tables were set In the par­ ish hall where about 70 members partook of a sumptuous banquet of a very sumptuous banquet, provided by the Ladies’ Guild. Following the banquet a splen­ did toast list was given with Mr. Edward Moyle in the chair, Th® address of the evening was given by Rev. W, R- Sproule, Curate of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, who delivered a most interesting dress. Mr. W. signed his the Central Hotel, A considerable acreage peas has been contracted for and instructive ad- II, Harness has position as clerk re- 'at of _______ ___ . by the Exeter branch of ths Cana­ dian Cannel’s but there will be no corn contracted for this year, The Orpheous Choir, of Lon- don, presented an excellent mus­ ical entertainment in Leavitt’s Theatre op Wednesday evening of last week. The choir was un- dei* the leadership of Mr. Clar­ ence G. Gilmour and consisted of over fifty voices. The choii* was unaccompanied and present­ ed a well-rounded program. At a meeting held in Centra­ lia on Thursday night, baseball clubs from Lucan, Exeter, Cen­ tralia, Kirkton and Crediton de­ cided to form a league but it will not affiliate with the O.B.A.A. IO YEARS AGO At the annual meeting of the Huron - Perth Baseball Leagues held in Hensail on Thursday evening twelve teams entered the league to play this season. It was decided to affiliate with the tion. ton, this season. On Monday evening the losing side in an attendance contest of the M<ain Street Y.P.U. enter­ tained the winning side to a banquet. About forty-six mem­ bers sat down at tables bounti­ fully laden with food and pret­ tily decorated with Spring flow­ ers. After the banquet an im­ promptu program took place, Mr. Harry Cook, of Hensail, has accpted a position as a ser­ vice engineer with the Ford Motor Company of Toronto. Mr. J. A. Traquair is building an addition to the rear of hardware store 'which will used for storage. Mr. William E. Middleton improved with new corated it. Messrs. Pollen, R. Charles Triebner attended the Supertest banquet at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto 1 a s t week. CANN’S MILL Phone 35w LTD. Exeter, Ont. The bridegroom was a meter­ man for the local company. Af­ ter the wedding, he whispered in the minister’s ear: “Parson, ’I don’t have any money, but I’11 drop around next week and slow down your electric meter for a while.’’ “What about this ’ere univer­ sal disarmament, Bill?’ “Why, jt’s suramat like me and my old woman. When there’s a bit of a shindy brewin’ the one wot proposes peace is the one wot ain’t got ’old of the poker! ’’ I Ontario Baseball Associa- William Failford, of Clin- was elected president for his ice-cream parlor tables and has rede- C. W. Kestle, W. H. Snell, Erwin Ford and WINCHELSEA Mrs. N. Clarke, Mrs. C. Gilfil- laiq Mrs. W. F. Batten and Miss Gladys Batten attended the W.M.S. Convention in Seaforth on Tuesday last. Mrs. Win. Walters and Marg­ aret spent Saturday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Clarke, of Farquhar. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Horton and family, of Seaforth, visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Colin Gilfillan. Mrs. George Davis visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hotham in Seaforth on Tuesday last. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Glanville of Cromarty, visited on Satur­ day evening with Mr. and Mrs Wm. Walters. Miss Joy Thomas, spent with Mr. and Horne. Mr. and Mrs. Trust Certificates on Guaranteed .., . for a term ONTARIO FIFTY PER CENT REDUCTION OF DOWN PAYMENTS ON NEWLY CONSTRUCTED LOWER COST HOUSES UNDER THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACT (ONTARIO) An ideal investment for individuals, com­ panies; authorized by law for cemetery boards, executors and other trustees. ISSUED for any amount of five years . . . guaranteed both as to principal and interest .... Interest cheques mailed to reach holders on due date, or, at holder’s option, may be al­ lowed to accumulate at compound in­ terest. THE 4G Trusts CORPORATION Sterling Tower, Toronto 37 Years in Business ft Whitlock, of St. the week-end Mrs. Freeman George Davis spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, of Kirkton. 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