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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-07-08, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8th, 1948 Exeter Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1921 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario 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 6 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott - Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8th, 1948 A Fine Career Mi'. Mackenzie King’s intimation to the Canadian parliament as it was about to prorogue brings to a close a part of the career of a Canadian who will long be re­ membered in her annals. Mr. King had the instincts of a student. Had he given him­ self to scholarship he might well have been one of the leaders of Canadian men of thought, particularly on matters of social and economic interest. Indeed at the time of his selection as leader of the Liberal party he was all but elected to a professor­ ship in one of the leading universities of those days. Instead. Mr. King chose the stormy career of the statesman. And a stormy career it proved to be. The story of his public life embraces a major part of Canada’s history in his day. In par­ liament he was master of the parliamentary are. As a party leader he was possessed of an almost uncanny shrewdness. In debate his opponents knew well the length of his reach and the strength of his thrust. He was cautious in making decisions on large •questions but no one could accuse him of wavering once his mind was made up as to the course his party should take. He is well and strong and as he retires to pri­ vate life he bears the respect of the Cana­ dians whose interests he served so valiant­ ly. He will have time to write his mem­ oirs, a story that will be eagerly read by all who know something of the difficulties he was called upon to confront. * « * # “Back to His Training Quarters” When Joe Louis learned that his fight with Joe Wolcott has been postponed on account of rain. w*e are told that he re­ turned to his training quarters. On the othei’ hand, Walcott spent the time walk­ ing the streets. When the date of the fight was still in doubt Louis continued keeping fit by taking the exercise that had brought him to the high state of perfec­ tion that is his possession. With Louis, fighting is a business for which he keeps himself fit in every way that he knows of. We have know pugilists, and others who follow up a severe strain by something like dissipation. We have seen the end of that way of carrying on. As a rule, we. do not look to professional sport for lessons in morals. Too often the professional athlete has a way of degenerating after he has been put through a grilling. The result is inevitable. We have known professional men who have been hard put to it on oc­ casion who have allowed themselves to fall into dissipation for a time after their ex­ ploit. In due time the dissipation becomes their master and they turn into miserable specimens. Better, after a disappointment or after a tryout, to go back to the sources whence one has gathered strength. From the minute Louis signed up with Wolcott he knew the important moment was when a certain gentleman was to hold up his or the. other fellow’s Band and declare, “The winnah!” Till that moment Louis knew that the only thing that mattered was. getting fit for that moment and lie had the sense to act accordingly. n* h* -v The Tide Turning? Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia may have started something of supreme importance. That hard bitten man who has fought many a stout battle became the leader of Yugoslavia. And it was no easy matter for anyone to become the leader of that land, for there were many factions and many conflicting interests therein. Of course communism was the outstanding political and social creed of the whole land. Bel­ grade, the country’s capital, was expected to be subservient to Moscow. Yugoslavia z was expected to be a satellite of Russia. All this was looked for. But many who looked did not count on Tito. Tito may have been a communist in theory. He may -have been more or less respectful to­ wards Moscow. What he was not was a man who would stand for being pushed about by Moscow or by anybody else, He was aware, further, that there were a great many in his land who thought very much as he thought. All of this did not suit Moscow, for Moscow does not like any man or any country that does not jump quickly and high as soon as she pulls the string. Indirectly, as is Moscow’s me­ thod, Tito was attacked and something like a criticism that amounted to an effort at his replacement as head of his country, was wrought out. It was now Tito’s turn to be offended and in a fine gentlemanly way he told Moscow to run along and sell her papers. The matter did not end there for other Balkan states aye commencing to stir in Tito’s behalf and Russia may have a series of rebellions on her hands. She will not like this new stirring for so far she has been having things her own way. It looks as if Russian policies have over­ leaped themselves. The Moscovite Humty Dumpty may be due for a big fall, s': s’: sj: Unchanged When the last great war was over, the problem was what is to be done with Ger­ many ? The four great allies, the United States, France, Russia and Britain, agreed to divide Germany into zones for govern­ mental purposes only, not for permanent possession. In this division it seems that Berlin fell within the Russian sphere, though there were zonal divisions in Ber­ lin. Two and a half million Germans came under the care of the western powers while one and a half million Germans came under the care of Russia. This is fact num­ ber one. Fact number two is that the Ruhr, Germany’s great coal and steel cen­ tre, lay without Russian influence. How­ ever, the Ruhr is a possession so rich that it was thought well by the western allies to. have its great resources put under the care of the four great powers. To this Russia would not assent. . She wanted to hold the whip hand in the Ruhr and re­ fused to cooperate. France, the United States and Britain went on developing the Ruhr independently of Russia. Russia was angry and resolved to drive the western allies out of Berlin. Let it be known that Russia never intended to do anything else. She wanted Berlin for herself and what she wanted she claimed as hers outright. Her move was clever. Those western al­ lies were responsible for feeding the two and a half millions within Berlin. This feeding was to be stopped by Russia. This she attempted to do by shutting off all transportation of food into the Western al­ lies zone. “See,” the Russian propagandist cried, “those western allies promised to feed you! They are allowing you to starve!’’ ‘‘You promised to feed the Ger­ mans in your zone,’’ Russia said the the western allies. “You are allowing them, to suffer all the horrors of lack of food. Now get out, you brutes, and we’ll do the feed­ ing.” The western allies are not preparing to do any such thing. What they have they’ll hold till Germany is on her feet again. The western allies were bit once by the totalitarian dog. They have no inten­ tion of being bitten a second time, even if the dog has changed his name from Hit­ ler to Stalin. At the time of writing, ac­ cording to such men as Mr. Bevin and Mr. Churchill, the situation is very grave. £ * # # Consumer Resistance The housewives of the village have shown by their dealing with high vegeta­ bles precisely what they can do with high ].rices. In a large way they are dealing with other unreasonable prices. For one thing the league is finding out something every day that not only means cheaper necessities for the home, but articles and methods that add to the health and com­ fort of the individual and of the family. These women are not therorists by any means but plainly practical, earnest women bent on getting the most for their money and for the good of their families. They are not staging any demonstrations but they are studying what may be done under circumstances that have proven difficult and trying not only on the family finances but on the nerves and the self respect. No one cares to be made the victim of any­ one’s supercilious greed. And the resis­ tance is reaching beyond the family. Blacksmiths and carpenters and tinsmiths and othei* trades people, are up in arms against the miserable way in which manu­ facturers arc doling out .supplies, as if their doing so were something like a fav­ our. Unless the government takes active steps to bring about the bettering of con­ ditions, the consumer resistance is likeljr to take the. form of something like a buyer’s refusal, to buy. People are finding out that they can do without a great many articles they hitherto considered necessities. The consumer knows how to keep his money in his pocket ns well as how to spend it. *14 » The crop of canning peas is being harvested. * * # The Aux Babies Valley project is mak­ ing its usual progress, THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY PROFIT DURO WATERStSTEMSStep up PRODUCTION DURO As the--------- "TIMES® Go By MR. FARMER ... if you want EXTRA PROFITS . . . CONVENIENCE and LESS WORK . . . install a DURO Pumping System. Be sure to install a DURO PUMP with full capacity .for all your needs in . . . barn . . . poultry house . . . truck garden . . . cow stables . . . home and fire protection for all your buildings. INSTALL THE BEST . . , INSTALL A DURO. E JW C O Fixtures and Fittings SO YEARS AGO H. P. Ross has successfully passed his primary examinations before the College of Physcians and Surgeon of Ontario. Messrs. J. A. Straith & Com­ pany, who purchased the John­ ston stock and have been con­ ducting the general store oppo­ site the Commercial House, have ceased doing business and are now busy packing the stock pre­ paratory to moving to Harrow. Messrs, Prior & Armstrong shipped a carload of hogs to In­ gersoll Monday. Mr. H. Willert shipped a carload to Toronto Wednesday. Mr. A. Q. Bobier shipped a carload of butter to Liverpool Wednesday. Miss Lottie Dennis, after spending the millinery season in Aylmer, returned home last week. Miss Della Crocker, after spending the millinery season in Toronto, returned home. Miss Urquhart, who has completed the millinery season at the Big Bankrupt store, left Tuesday for Alliston. While playing lacrosse the other evening, Mr. John Bell met with a painful accident. One of the other; players while checking, struck him ovei1 the hand, cutting the top off one of his fingers. 25 YEARS AGO The judging of the school gardens took place on Saturday by W. G. Medd and J. S. Har­ vey. The prizes were awarded to the evident care taken, variety and condition of vegetables and arrangement. The awards were as follows: Mr. Howard’s room, Stella Northcott, John Kuntz, Harry Jennings; Miss Medd’s room, Helen Penhale. Gladys Hunkin, Orville Beaver, Russell Collingwood, Russell Snell. Roy Batten. Miss Flossie Vincent has , re­ signed her position with R. Mc­ Kenzie & Son and Miss A. Wil­ lard is taking her place. Miss Muriel Hogarth left Mon­ day for Kingston where she will attend Queen’s University dur­ ing the summer. Misses Alice Pfaff and Amy Shapton left Monday for St. Thomas where they will attend summer school at Alma College. Several of the Boy Scouts took a hike on bicycles Monday. They wheeled to Grand Bend where they had dinner, and then they wheeled to Bayfield for the evening. They returned Tuesday. The Plymouth Brethren held an open air service on Main St. Saturday evening. They have set up a tent near Victoria Park and are holding services each night. 15 YEARS AGO Eight members of the Exeter Boy Scouts went into camp with the London District Boy Scouts at the scout camp, Beach o’ Pines on Monday. Among the boys from Exeter who are in at­ tendance are Patrol Leader Bob Dinney, Gale Browning, Gordon Brooks, Stuart Puke, Alvin Lin­ denfield, Warren May, Bill Wil­ son and Donald Winer. Dr. James Stewart Tapp, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tapp, of Hensail, has been awarded one of the three highly prized 1851 London Exhibition scholarships available in Canada. Mr. B, M. Francis has pur­ chased the Exeter branch, of the egg and poultry business of Mr. N, W. Trewartha. Mr. Trewartha about five years ago purchased the business from Mr. C. F. Hooper. Mr. Francis will conduct the business along with his in­ surance work. On Monday afternoon tho fire alarm sounded and the fire bri­ gade made a run to the home of Miss M. Tom, where a grass fire had been started In the back lot. A few men managed to boat the fire out before the fire engine arrived. Mr. 0. A, Hawkins is having Ms hardware store divided. He will use the north part for his hardware business, while the south part is being fixed up and will be occupied by Rabethege’s Jewellery Store. IO YEARS AGO Rev. R. C. Copeland, who comes to Exeter from Thames- ville, was inducted as the new pastor of the Main Street United Church at a special service on Thursday evening of last week. The Times-Advocate has taken over the Wickwire Press and in the course of a few months will amalgamate the two places of business. Messrs. Joe B. Creech, Cliff Heywood, L. Wein, Misses Geral­ dine Armstrong and Hazel Wood all are taking a summer course at the University of Western Ontario. Miss Margaret Penhale left Sunday for Toronto where she will take a five week’s course in Health Education for teachers Mr. William Green has pur­ chased from Mr. R. N. Rowe a farm in Hay Township on the west side of number 4 highway. About forty members of the Exeter Bowling Club motored to I St. Marys Tuesday evening'*aud, mixing with the members of the Parks Bowling Club, enjoyed a very pleasant evening on the St Marys greens. SAINTSBURY One of the last of the pion eers of this district was laid to rest on Wednesday, June 30tli Mr. Aaron Davis, the last sur­ vivor of the family of seven of the late Francis and Mariah Davis in his 86th year. He was an active member of St. Pat­ rick’s Church, Saintsbury, most of his life having moved to Lu­ can, some thirty years ago. He attended Holy Trinity Church in Lucan. He was buried from the Murdy funeral home with service in Holy Trinity Church conducted by Rev. Harrison, Rector, and Rev. M. I-I. Elston,, nephew of the late Mr. Davis. Mr. A. Elston contributed a solo on request “I-Iusli Blessed are the Dead.’’ He is survived by his widow, the former Mary Jane Dickins, who is a patient in St. Joseph’s Hospital, London. The pall bearers were six nephews, Clarence Davis, Gordon Davis, Edgar Smyth, Whitney Coates, Albert Dickins and Frank Dick­ ins. Interment was in St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye. Mr. and Mrs. H. Carroll and boys visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. Ings, of London and attended the church service and Orange parade in that city on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. McDonald and family visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dick­ ins, of London, and attended the parade led by the Woodham Band. Mr. and Mrs. C. Davis, Mrs. W. J. Davis and Mr. I. Davis visited in London on Sunday. EDGEWOOD Mr. Gordon Rathburn is un­ der the doctor’s care. Miss Dorothy Moore, of Edge­ wood, who has been home while Mrs. H. Paisley, of London Township was in hospital, has returned hack to Mr. Paisley’s. 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