The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-05-27, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 27th, 1948
HEALTH and WELFARE
Page 2
Robert SouthcottJ. Melvin Southcott
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 27th, 1948
FRANK FINGLAND, K.C.
Ontario or
Dominion
tlie
was
The
four
well
Creech, Harry
Helen Penhale
of Exeter, Dor-
Kippen, Mar-
50 YEARS AGO
>r majesty’s birthday
all
was
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Advocate Established 1881Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1924
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
was
most fittingly’ observed in Ex-
r with a game
horse races. A
'ould not be de-
irenoon a base
place between
Exeter teams,
A Suggestion
Now that the contol of dogs has paid
us its annual visit we recall the experience
of Rev. Gordon, the father of Ralph Con
nor. When this fine Highland clergyman
was the minister of Indian lands he was
annoyed by the practice of his congrega
tion in having their dogs come to church
and making a disturbance that worried the
reverend gentleman, who protested in vain.
The congregation said .the dogs insisted on
following the horses
there was to it. The good clergyman
not to be put down, so hied him to the
sporting world of Montreal. He procured
the sturdiest of fighting bull mastiffs and
returned to his parish. Next Sunday he
was late for church. He tied his horse in
the shed and left his well-trained dog ly
ing under his buggy, the place sacred to
all well brought up dogs. During the ser
vice the parish dogs tried to get acquaint
ed with the new canine with the result
that when the service was over three of
the parish dogs were dead and several
others were severely bitten. After that the
jieople had no difficulty in keeping their
dogs' at home. What would follow if our
chief of police were' provided with a dog
such as Mr. Gordon owned and our chief
were on his patrol ?
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Her Opportunity
At the present hour the world seems
to be resting on a volcano. At any hour
we feai- that we may be informed that the
nations are plunged into another world
war. That is our fear. Nations pursue their
aggressive policies as far as they dare
without actually getting into war. Indeed,
there seems, in this respect, to be an un
holy competition among the nations in the
dangerous sport of skating on thin ice.
Greed, individual and national, is rampant
on all sides. And where greed is, there is
abundant cause for blood letting.. Interest
is taken in Palestine, not because of any
special love for either the Jew or the Arab
but because Palestine’s buffer position
makes her a gateway to wealth. Every
other troubled zone will show tbe ugly
face of greed. And when considering the
situation we see the folly of one nation’s
laying the blame of our present misery at
the door of any other nation. The pot is
as black as the kettle. Human nature is
much the same the world over, no matter
what the climate, what Ihe geographic sit
uation and no matter what the colour of
the skin. No matter where we find men
we find the deceitful and desparatelv
wicked human heart. And in this fact lies
the church’s opportunity. She has know
ledge of the One who can cleanse the lep
er and change the leopard’s spots. .The
heart
heart
years a good deal of headshaking was
done regarding western farming. In recent
years experienced farmers of eastern pro
vinces visited the western provinces. These
men told us that while the west was won
derful, they had more confidence in the
east. In any consequence, western agricul
ture is causing a good deal of concern to
the powers that be. We have no wish to
be in the army of croakers. We have the
profoundest respect for those enduring
westerners who faced and overcame in a
great measure the difficulties that beset
them. What can be done to aid them in
their present difficulties must be. done and
done promptly. What we are urging in the
present circumstances and for many a day
to come, is the building of Ontario farms.
Till we have a
Ontario farms,
peak prosperity for old
agriculture and general
properitv cannot but languish. There is no
room for doubt on that point. To .secure
the safety and welfare of many a western
farm will require an expenditure that no
one can estimate. It looks as if it required
the losses of this Spring to show the haz
ards confronting many of our western far
mers, The loss is great but it will not be
a total loss if it causes Ontario farmers
and their government to know the treasure,
we
turn to
me nt.
have in Ontario farms
reasonable methods
if only
of soil
Ever
of
of
stone must be replaced
flesh.*
by the
It is of peo-
distance
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France Remembers
one thing to speak softly
pie living three thousand miles’
but quite another to deal regarding a na
tion that has invaded our borders three
times in seventy years, and which has
ravaged and robbed and murdered without
mercy on each occasion. This is the case
of France in her dealing with Germany.
“I’ll bleed France white,” said Bismark,
the German chancellor, and proceeded to
impose termh upon the prostrate country
that he was sure would mean her ruin.
When Asked to give fair terms to France
he replied “I’ll give them blood and iron”.
So far, France does not see that German
human, nature has changed one whit
those brutal statements
made.
As Easily Fooled As
sedond world war over, tbe
macle a good deal of fuss seeing to it that
such a mess never -would take place again.
One. step in this detection was to utterly
destroy Japanese military stores. How suc
cessfully this was done remains to be seen.
Immense military supplies were dumped
into the ocean. So far, so good. What was
not seen was that these supplies were sure
to be junk before the next war. In a sense
the Allies aided the Japanese in scrapping
this junk, in this way playing the Japan
ese game. In the next place numbers of
Japanese war leaders were executed for
one cause and another. But these leaders
has proven themselves failures. Inevitably
they would be in the road of leaders who
had arisen with new plans and ideas for
the new day. ^.nvone who knows history
sees the service the Allies conferred on fhe
Japs by removing Japanese obstruction
ists. Third, the Allies have left the old
rulers in power or at least they have left
the old Japanese system of allowing a cer
tain class to secure themselves and to as
sume domination over the common people.
The old principles of getting on, on the
part of the Japanese, remain. Ohly the
useless portions of the system have been
pruned off. The unfruitful portions of the
branch have been done away with the re
sult that the vine will almost inevitably
bear better and still more vigorous fruit.
We seemed to think in all this that
could undo in a few years what those
tient, diligent Japanese had built up
more than twenty centuries. So much
our happy-go-lucky method of electing
lers who do not know how to govern. Jap
an has plenty of plans for providing her
self as great a menace as ever. Just now,
her play is to persuade the Allies that she
is indispensable in the control of'Russia.
And our Anglo Saxon rulers act as if they
are delighted to have it so.
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The Allies
we
pa
in
for
ru-
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of Bismark
since
were
We
used to
Note and Comment
of onion growing.It
Floods
those
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Those Western
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western farmers who have been flooded
out this Spring. Only those who know
what a flood docs to a farmer’s buildings,
to bis crops, to his lanes and to his high
ways, has even the remotest conception of
the loss that has come to those western
•farmers. Not for ten years will those far
mers be on their feet as they were last
full. A serious aspect of the situation is
that there is no guarantee that (he flood
conditions will not return again and again.
These rivers may break their bounds again
and drive the farmer’s prosperity before
them. The lesson is that the agricultural
life of the older portions of the Dominion
should be built up and sustained at a high
level, Some recall the difficulties regard
ing the western provinces as farming was
carried on fifty years ago, During those
We
Blessed
dull.
hear little
be one of our major industries.
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hear little about India these days,
is that nation whose, annals are
for the
A few
a.❖ *
corn and root arjd bean
fine days and the work
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Now if there were but
Now
planting,
will be done.
«•
Dandelions ?
half a dozen in Exeter! Some people think
that half a dozen is more than we want.
# sfc # &
new method of assessing the pro-
the town looks like a first rate
This
perty of
method of getting money. There’s nothing
like being really up to date.
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We miss those barn raisings. They
meant a great deal of hard work but they
were something of a holiday, especially
when they were followed by games and a
party.
on Tuesday
of baseball and
more ideal day e
sired. In the fo
ball match took
the Lucan and
while in the afternoon the peo
ple of Exeter and surrounding
country witnessed one of
best afternoon's races that
ever given in the town,
program consisted of
events, all of which were
filled. The total gate receipts
amounted to $422 and the grand
stand $53.60 while there were
two thousand people on the
grounds. The Goderich Concert
Company gave a concert at
night which deserves great mer
it.
The first game of baseball
witnessed here this season was
played on Tuesday between Ex
eter and Lucan and resulted in
a victory for Lacan, the score
being 15-6, The playing wag
very exciting at times. Semple,
for the home team, pitched a
steady ^ame.
the
float,
white
M a y
After
25 YEARS AGO
The fourth annual celebration
given in Crediton under the
auspices of the C.A.A.A. on Vic
toria Day was a decided suc
cess. The weather left nothing
to be desired. The citizens were
up early decorating their resi
dences and places of business.
At one p.m. the parade started
down Main Street led by Leon
ard Haist and James Taylor
mounted on horses followed by
the Crediton Band and
school children. The
drawn by a team of
horses, represented the
Queen with her court,
these followed the different
floats of the business people
and the decorated cars. After
the parade, the crowd went to
the School Grounds. The crown
ing of the May Queen was fol
lowed by a May Pole Drill ex
ercise. A tug-of-war was held.
A baseball .game took place be
tween the local boys and U.C.T.
of London. The game was very
good, the final score being 8-4
for the London team. In the
evening, the Dramatic Club of
Zurich put
“Let’s All
Town Hail
doors.
Mr. Alf
position in
R. E. Cook, in Hensail.
on a play entitled,
Get Married”. The
was crowded to the
Smith has taken a
the bake shop of Mr.
15 YEARS AGO
The play Reception Day at the
Parsonage”, put on in Main St.
Church Tuesday evening drew a
fjOod crowd und tlw play was
much enjoyed.
At the graduation exercises of
the Victoria Hospital Training
School for Nurses, held Monday
afternoon at the University of
Western Ontario, the following
were presented with their dip
lomas and pins: Misses Avis
Lindenfield and Annie Simmons
of Exeter; Miss Marjorie Hun
ter, of Usborne, and Miss O.
Walker, of Hensail.
The students at the Univer
sity of Western Ontario, London
have completed their course for
this year and have returned to
their homes. Among them are
Messrs. Hugh
Jennings, Misses
and Ruby Stone,
othy Thompson,
garet McLaren, of Hensail, and
Kathleen Wiseman, of Usborne.
Last Saturday the Star Class
of the Evangelical Church at
Crediton motored to Niagara
iFalls. There were fifteen boys.
1O YEARS AGO
May 24th passed off quietly
in town. The weather was quite
cool.
Mr. Wm. Cook left this week
on a trip to England to visit
his old home town Trimdon
Grange, in the County of Dur
ham.
The Corbett Creamery in Mc
Gillivray township, six miles
north of Parkhill, was destroyed
by fire Monday night. The fire
is believed to have broken out
in a boiler room and gained a
considerable headway before be
ing noticed. In addition to the
loss of the frame building, much
of the machinery was destroyed
and a heavy stock of butter is
a total loss.
Safe crackers carried away .a
three hundred pound safe and
cash register from the butcher
shop of Wesley Revington, Lu
can, on Saturday. The safe was
found a
The loss
$50.00.
Messrs.
Rowe Dinney,
dents at the University of Wes
tern Ontario, graduated this
ypar with their B.A. degrees.
At a meeting of the Exeter
Council Monday evening, favour
able consideration was given to
the request of the Board of Ed
ucation for the money to pro
vide for a new building to take
care of the new courses in shop
work for boys and domestic
science for the .girls.
Mr. Charles Fritz, of Zurich,
has disposed of his shoe busi
ness to Mr. Edward J. Datars.
Messrs. Ted Sims and Ernest
McNicol left last Wednesday
Rouyn, Quebec, where they
pect to secure work
mines.
short distance away,
is estimated at about
Grafton Cochrane and
fourth year stu-
Who Supports
The Liberal Platform
Co-operation with Ottawa so
that tills province will have
the benefits of the Dornin
ion Hospitalization Plan
greater control of cancer
tuberculosis and mental di
seases; supplementing fam
ily allowances; greater aid
to annual hospital mainten
ance; increased old age pen
sions from $30 to $40 a
month.; reduce age limit for
pensions from 70 to G5;
grant the necessary aid to
hospitals without imposing
provincial amusement tax.
As this is written no direct
comment has been made by
the premiers of
Quebec to the
proposals.
TAXATION
,z flIs
I
IB®Ay
gasoline tax imposed by -Mr. Drew. No re-Eliminate the 3 c
imposition of amusement tax. No provincial income tax.
Do you realize that Mr. Drew collected twenty-five mil
lion dollars more than was required to meet the budget?
LABOR
Increase workmen’s compensation benefits to 75 per cent
and shorten waiting period from 7 to 3 days; compulsory
two weeks’ vacation with pay for industrial workers
after two years’ employment; assist in formation of Na
tional Labor Code.
AGRICULTURE
Eighty per cent capital advance to young farmers; soil
conservation, reforestation; demonstration farms; extend
ed research at Ontario Agricultural College; advocate
lifting embargo on beef cattle.
HIGHWAYS
How to Afford that
Special Vacation Trip
Help Yourself to the Holiday
You’ve Been Planning
For So Long
Will that ‘different’ holiday
you’ve dreamed about lie within
your means this summer? If
your savings aren’t mounting
quickly enough, you may find
the answer in a simple plan that |
many people already follow.
Jim Hendry, local Bank of
Montreal manager, explained it
to us.
First, decide how much you
can spend on your holidays.
Then figure out how. much you'
should save toward that amount
from each pay cheque...and
every payday set that sum aside
in your “Sunshine Account” at
the B of M.
This way, you’ll add the thrill
of accomplishment to your ex
tra holiday pleasures. Like
other folks who have tried the
plan, you’ll probably start sav
ing again as soon as you return,
for an even finer vacation next
year’
Now is the time to make sure
you enjoy the holiday you want
most this summer—start saving
today at the B of M. (advt.)
Letter to the Editor
Exeter, May 20 th
The Times-Adyocate,
Exeter, Ontario.
Dear Editor,
The Women’s Missionary Soc
iety of James St. United Church
wish you to know how much'
they appreciated the publicity
you gave in your valuable paper
of the meetings held during the
London Conference Branch Con
vention held here recently.
Thanking you,
Cor. Sec.,
Eunice Stone
Perth County
Annual Show
The Perth County Horse
Breeders will stage their 13th
annual Horse Show and Swine
Show and Sale at the Agricul
tural Grounds, Stratford, on
Wednesday, June 2nd.
The Swine Section is given
prominence again this year. In
addition to the Show of Breed
ing Stock and Market Hogs
there will be sold by auction 3 7
head of Registered Yorkshires,
including bred and open sows
and serviceable aged boars selec
ted from Advanced Registry
Herds and all carefully inspect-'
ed for both type and health
standards. Judging of hogs will
commence at 12.30 noon and
sale will be hel’fl at 2.15 p.m.
This is a one day show featur
ing both heavy and light horses.
Judging will commence at 12.30
with 4 rings and will include
Percheron and Belgian Stallions,
Agricultural and Heavy Draft
Teams, four horse hitch and all
line classes of heavy breeds.
Light horses will include
Thoroughbreds, Standard Bred,
Hackney and Coach Stallions,
Carriage, Roadsters, (Ponies, Ex
press, Hunter and Saddle Horses
on the line, also tandem
lady drivers, team and
road races.
A price list of $3500 is
ed. A cordial invitation is
ded to townspeople and farmers
alike to attend Ontario’s largest
one day Horse Show.
SMILES .
Sweet Young Thing:
could you tell
get some silk
settee?”
Floorwalker;
down
gerie
“Please
me where I could
covering for my
“Two aisles
over for the lin-
Listen to tbe
ONTARIO STOCK YARDS
BULLETIN
) featuring ViMAM FORD
every Tuesday morning
Wingham 920 7:30 a.m.
and one
department.”
drunk staggered from theA
tavern and started walking with
one foot in the
on the sidewalk,
or so, he
policeman
drqhk.”
“Thank
tho inebriated one,
I was lame.”
was
with:
street and one
After a block
accosted by a
"Hey, you’re
offer-
ex ten-
This is not a One-Man Policy but a considered Poliny
of the Liberal Party.
hitch,
single
More attention paid to oui’ present highways which are in
a deplorable condition and less attention to T-lane high
ways.
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1940 Plymouth Coupe
1935 Dodge Coach, cheap transportation
TRUCKS—
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Phone 64w Exeter
goodness!” exclaimed
i, “I thought