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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1946-07-18, Page 2Page $THE TIMES-APVQqATE, EXETER 0NTAR10, THURSDAY- MORNING, JUET !», 1946 W Cxeter <im^s^toocate Times established 1873; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1924. PUBLISHED JEACIl THURSDAY MQBNJNQ AT EXETER, ONTARIO 9 4» Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests Of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District Member Of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association; Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the C1VNA AD Advertising Copy Must be ip Our Hands Not latter Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2,00 a year, in advance; six months, $1.00 three months 60c I, M. SOUTROOTT - - PUBLISHER THURSDAY, JULY 18th, 1946 That Menace Mr. Edgar Hoover, of the Federal Board of Inquiry of the United States, tells us that the republic has within its borders six million criminals. That is an easy statement to write but the fact set forth is alarming. This criminal wave is a pestilence that while nameless by day, takes no rest unless it has wrought death and ruin, No one is safe from its wicked action. We need not tell our readers that this army is or ganized with but one purpose, the ill of society. We used to hear of Fagin and of Jesse James and of Jack the Ripper, but this crowd of which Mr. Hoover has told us in its evil-doers who make the most notorious outlaws gentlemen by comparison. These offenders are made up not only of the intemperate and the victims of pas sion, but are the downright, hardened scound rels who traffic in every evil drug and hideous weapon that threatens the life of society. rlhe aim of these villians is money-making. They succeed by .every devious method in getting the innocent to become partners in crime with them, by making the first step in crime attract ive by money gifts. Once the victim has fallen into their clutches, he is held by blackmail or threat of loss of good name or of domestic or social ruin. When the victim no longer makes money for the boss he or she is got rid of by bullet or poison or drowning or in any way that promises to be secret and effective. As we have indicated the dangerous thing about this army of criminals is that it makes the first steps in crime attractive and remuner ative. Why work hard all day, the victim ar gues, when one may make ten times the value of a day’s work by -an hour’s gambling? Why serve in the kitchen when a few minute’s crime means dresses and suppers and no end of good times? Why the quiet Sunday when revelry brings in good round dollars .in abundance? Then, the victim is told, all this talk of crime’s being detected is all scarecrow making. There is, further, the hypnosis of crime, till finally, there is the police raid, the reformatory or the hangman’s noose. The criminal army is active and reaches out for its victims to every village and countryside. Let it never be forgotten that the great sourse of this army is the idle class, no matter what the rank or fortune. No son or daughter, however carefully reared, is safe from this arrow that flies every minut.e. The re cruits for this army knows its business. Its re cruiting officers lie in wait at every street corner and on every doorstep. . * » « * What Do You Make Of It Only this week we listened in on two con versations dealing with the food situation in Great Britain. Said one party to the discussion, *‘The people in Britain are grim. They have been on low, monotonous diet for six years. They face hard conditions without much pros pect of things being bettered for many a day. Naturally they feel depressed. The old happy life that we associated with “Merry England” need, not now be looked for. The other voice is a man whose work took him among the profes sional classes. He and Iris companions were entertained at a banquet at which everything foi' the inner man was present in overflowing, abundance. The supplies for the table on this occasion were nothing short of luxurious. His stay lasted for weeks and during that period he saw no sign of shortage of food. We ask our readers to consider what we have told them re garding this condition. Does the old question of distribution of food emerge? Are we con-a fronted with the two classes, the haves and the have-nots? We should like to know more of this food situation in Europe. The plain man is be wildered when he hears such conflicting re ports as We have referred to. There are a great many things to be cleared up besides those of national boundaries. Men who shared and shared alike on the battlefield, should not be divided into the “overfed” and the marginally nourished in the days of peace. * * * * Are We Correctly Informed? Are we furnished with the facts regarding the discussions that have gone forward at those international negotiations ? We cannot but won der. There has been a serious blunder some where that has perpetuated itself since the first meeting of representatives of the allies after the war was at an end. Querulousness and. bick erings got under way at the inception of the efforts for peace. Nerves were rasped, tempers were strained that show their mark to this day.' Amid -all the discussion there crept in the un democratic feature that before any resolution could be passed by the Big Eour there must be unanimity. Why this provision was assented to passes all understanding, With denrocracies the majority rules, With the veto principle in vogue any one of the Big Four may hold up th©'Whole proceedings. We have been lead to believe that Russia has again and again exercised her right in this respect, to the hindering to the point of wreckage of the whole peace movenien|. Ha>e we been correctly informed? Are we correct in believing that the whole peace movement should be begun over again ? Would it be better fox each nation to get on as best it can and to allow interference only when some one of the nations makes a nuisance of itself ? Does the proposed way of carrying on something after the fashion of the League of Nations invite quite as much strife as it hopes to avert? Would it not be bet ter to have all the nations revert to their re spective positions in nineteen thirty-eight and to give over all effort at reparations? Just now Germany is not in a position to make war. Is Germany utterly stripped less of a menace to world welfare than Germany a going con cern under close allied inspection and control ? Unless the Allies get forward just now and we mean just now, we may look for confusion worse confounded. Let it not be forgotten that Germany is the key to Europe. As Germany will be twenty years from now, so will be Eur ope and civilization. Let us not deceive our selves.* * * * What Right Have the British in Egypt? Some shortsighted people are asking what right the British have in Egypt. These folk have a question to answer on their own account namely, what right have the Egyptians in Egypt? These people reply that the Egyptians have a right there because their ancestors have occupied Egypt for generations. There may be something in this claim but mere occupation of a country is not sufficient claim to posses sion. We inquire, further, what have the modern Egyptians done to show that they are fit to keep permanent occupation of the land. We are -in clined to believe that tools belong to the hands that use them and that land should be laid un der the control of those who make the best use thereof. Judged by this standard we note at once how far below the Britisher in Egypt is the Egyptian. The Egyptian refuses to improve his condition with the result that unless guided by the Britisher Re is a poor affair. The in dependence of the Egyptian is bound to become a condition of intolerable dependence. Instead of being free, the Egyptian left to himself is sure to become the victim of tyrannical intrigue. Under British rule the Egyptian will become prosperous, progressive,, enlightened and a gen uine contributing factor to the welfare of the race. The last hundred years of the Irisstory of Egyj>t proves Britain Egypt’s best friend. How ever, there are those in high places who think otherwise and who „ are bent on the dissolution of the Empire. Britain’s right to' Egypt is based on tl)e facts that she has restored large portions of that land to fertility. Portions of Egypt un" der Britain’s rule are no longer the haunt of the curiosity seeker only but home land where men are well fed, freedom loving and hopeful; The farmers so long oppressed now are full grown men with the aims and purposes worthy of men. Britain’s claim on Egypt is the claim of friend, helper, leader, enlightener and fellow worker. Discriminated Against? We were talking with a first class electrical worker: “I have no end of jobs waiting for me but I simply cannot get the materials necessary. I wonder if the big fellows are looked aftei’ first?” So ran his complaint. The speaker voiced two thoughts occupying the minds of a great many folk. Why the scarcity of consumer sup plies? For six years we were content with the answer, “There is a war on.” That answer is long out of date. Then we were told that sup plies were not coming through because there was a scarcity of labour. We are told on the other hand that there are large numbers of men out of work! Why not set-these meh to work getting supplies? Then we heard about the difficulties of transportation. In the same breath we are told of shipping being tied up for lack of freight! The man in the smaller places hears that supplies cannot be had. In the same breath he hears of large undertakings in the larger centres and wonders if he is not being discrim inated against. AH of us wonder if our whole manufacturing and distributing facilities are not due for an overhauling, to the end that willing, skilful hands may be outfitted with essential equipment.® * * * A Distinct Possibility Word comes from Alberta that*a farmer’s non-delivery strike is a “distinct possibility/’ Farmers in Alberta believe that in the matter of prices they are not getting a square deal. Accordingly, they are thinking of holding from the market the various commodities the farm produces. From all that we Can learn, those Al berta farmers are in dead earnest. They propose presenting their claims to Ottawa before tak ing strike action. Farmers have cherished the opinion that they have been outwitted by the other large producing bodies of th’e common wealth and now appear to be asserting their power, They tell us that they are sick and tired of being told that they are the backbone of the nation only to find out that they are jockeyed out of their rights when it comes to the state of their products. They have heard to the point of weariness that farmers will “holler” over their grievances but are decidedly Ineffective when it comes to business action on the marhels of the world. . 10 YEARS AGO Mr, Wiii. - Frayne left Tuesday with a consignment of cattle for W. T, Colwili for a trip to the Old County. The Dashwood Creamery was completely destroyed early on Tuesday morning with an estimated loss of $,5000, The fire was dis covered by Mrs. Olaf 'Pedersen, wife ®£ the proprietor. The cause of the fire is unknown. The fire, when discovered, was coming out through the upper part of the frame build" ing. The weatherman withheld its sweltering heat when Dashwood was host to the largest crowd in the history of the village, estim ated at 5,000. The afternoon pro gram was ip. charge of the Dash wood Softball Club, under the man agement of Alvin Kellerman. In the evening a band tattoo was spon sored by the Henrich Memorial Band of Dashwood under the lead ership of Harry Hoffman. Dr. R. H. Taylor acted as master of cere monies. At the conclusion of the band tattoo a street dance was sponsored by the hall club. A fire which for a short time threatened to destroy the Centralia Chopping Mill, owned and operated by G. Hamilton, was first seen af ter the flames were eating their way through the roof of the frame structure, A bucket brigade soon brought the flames under control before any great damage was done. 15 YEARS AGO The fire alarm sounded about ten o'clock Thursday evening of last week and the firemen had a run to the Hogarth Baby Chick Hatchery where a fire had started in the back incubator among some empty egg crates. Smoke was seen by passers-by and there was no one in the building at the time. The origin of the fire is a mystery as the hatching' season has been over for some time and the incubator inoperative. Richard, the IB-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Albert Etherington, of Usborne, had a terrifying exper ience Tuesday. The lad was driving a team of horses attached to a hay rake and at the end of the field while in the act of turning around, one of the lines broke and the team, started away on the run. Richard attempted to jump from the rake but one of his ifeet got caught and he was dragged for a considerable distance and was bruisej from head to foot and badly scratched. Mr. L. R. Coles, of Hensail, was ■chosen D.D.C.M., of South Huron Masonic District at the meeting of the -Grand Dodge in Windsor last week. Conservation Planned For the Aux Sable River; Meeting Held in Parkhill Th© first -step toward setting up .sentatives were present from the a conservation -authority in the four counties affected: Lambton, Aux Sauble River Watershed, was taken at 'Pgrlchill. Mr, A/ H. Richai’dgon, Chief En gineer of the Department of Plan ning gpd Development, acted as chairman of the meeting, Repr©" War Bride* Showered At Staffs Gatherins A miscellaneous shower was held Monday night at th© home of Mirs. Arthur Kemp in honor of Mrs, Ray mond Miller, a war bride who re cently arrived from England. The shower was held on the spacious lawn and games, contests and com munity singing were enjoyed. During the program a wagon dec orated in pink and white was drawn in by Misses Audrey Elliott and Ethel May Norris, driven by Master David Kemp, and loaded with gifts for the bride. The ad dress was read by Mrs. ILorne Hodge and the gifts were unwrap ped by Miss Jean Miller and Miss Margaret Templeman. The party adjourned to the house to partake of lunch served by -the hostess and 'helpers, During the lunch hour the lights were turned off and a charivari was staged for' Mnt\ and Mrs, Miller by the men ®f the community. A reception was planned for Mr. and Mrs. Miller in Staffa hall on Wednesday even ing, July 17, Services Held In Orchard The annual bush services of JStaf- ifa United Church were .held in the Middlesex, Huron and Perth. It was hoped to be able to institute the authority pt this meeting but not all the delegates were given the necessary power to act by their respective municipalities, It is ex pected that at the next meeting; July 17th, that an authority will be set up. Conservation has long been nec essary in the Aiix Sable watershed. After each heavy rain, the mean dering rivey and its various tribu taries have been carrying off much of the topsoil and progressively making the area less fertile. How ever, it was not until L. (J, Hag- meier, owner of the 7500 acre "Haig Farin’’ sued several munici palities for $175,000 damage ac tion, that definite steps were taken. (Parkhill entered defence against this action some time ago.) If the atuhority is set up, the cost is usually divided among the Dominion, Provincial and local governments. No set contribution is made by the government, but they paid 75% of the cost of a similar scheme on the Grand River in 1939, A qualified engineer would direct the scheme. He would pay special attention-to drainage, flood control, forestry, land use, preser vation of wild life and recreational facilities. Delegates were present from Bo- sanquet, Warwick, Play, -Stephen, Tuckersmith, Usborne, McGillivray, Biddulph, East Williams, West Williams, Hibbert and Blanshard Townships. Urban municipalities represented were Arkona, Hensall, Exeter, lAilsa Craig, Lucan and Parkhill.—Parkhill Gazette. CHESTERFIELDS aud. OCCASIONAL CHAIRS Repaired and Re-covered Free Pick-up and Delivery Stratford Upholstering Co, (Successors to the Clifford Upholstering Company) 42 Brunswick Street STRATFORD Phon© 579 Enquire at Hopper-Hockey Furniture Store Exeter ‘I’d just like to know how many girls you made love to before you met me/’ said the wife during a quarrel. “Twelve,” groaned her husband, “But I forgot to count them until it was ’too late.” Hardwood Flooring Contractor New Floors Laid and Sanded Old Floors refinished with a new up-to-date machine, —Estimates free— • Phone Crediton 1OJ orchard of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tuffin on Sunday, July 7th, The guest speaker at both services was Rev, W. E. Gill/ recently ^retired from the chaplaincy service. -Special music Was presented by Zion choir at the..morning service, and by the Staffa choir in the afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Tref- fry, Flint, Mich., visited with Ed. Treffry. Harry Agar, London, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Agar. Sgt.: “Say, Mac, I wonder if 1 could borrow that necktie of yours for today?” Cpl.: “What’s the matter, couldn’t you find it?” 25 YEARS AGO Messrs-, ,C.„(L. Wils©11 and Homer Bagshaw^ard starting a taxi service. Timely .assistance from the men who were attending a festival in the Methodist Church at Hensall Mon day evening was largely responsible for preventing a serious fire. The blaze’ broke out in Drummon and Sons stable opposite the Methodist church. (Although the stables were destroyed they succeeded in saving some contents. About twenty Boy Scouts of Sar nia on a bicycle trip dropped off at Exeter on Monday evening and w^e entertained over night by the Scouts of town. The Orange celebration . in Bay- field was a real live affair accord ing to all reports. About 8',000 people were .present. A huge pro cession took place and many fine addresses* were given. The Official Board of James St. Methodist church met on Monday evening and decided to purchase a Warren Unified Pipe Organ from the Warren Company of Woodstock , at a cost of about $13,000 including ! installation. The frame work of the new flax-, mill at Exeter North was raised on% Friday last on the old site of the one destroyed by fire a few months ago. 50 YEARS AGO The village of Zurich was thrown into an intense state of excitement Tuesday morning when it became known that Messrs. Johnson Bros. Woollen Mills were on fire. A large crowd gathered and Succeeded in preventing the fire from spreading although the mill and about l-S'.OOO pounds of wool were destroyed. The fir© originated from a heated shaft. The town presented a rather dull appearance Monday, July 13th. A large number from town and sur rounding country celebrated. at Goderich. Two or three mischievous young villians gained entrance to Mrs. Gould’s soap factory on Thursday night last and did several dollars worth of damage by cutting -up a large quantity of soap with an axe and upsetting nearly. everything around the place. Miss Edith Sanders after''spend ing the millinery .season at Blyth returned home -Saturday. Miss Ur quhart, milliner, left for her hottie in Ottawa last week, Smiles . . . . Boy Friend: “You’re dancing with me tonight, and I suppose to morrow you’ll be making a date with sortie other matt.” Girl Friend: “YeS—ttiy chiropo dist/’ Joe: “I .hear Smith ttiarried a Widow with three children so he could be reclassified out of 1-A.” Moo; “Yehh, btit the draft board said anyofie that brave was just what the army noodml/* A Pimple Covered Face Kills Many a Romance The lives of many young people are made miser able by the breaking out of pimples, and you probably know of cases where a promising romance has been spoiled by those red, white, festering and pus filled sores on the face. The trouble is not bo much physical pain, but the mental suffering caused by the embarrassing disfigurement which very often makes the sufferer ashamed to go out in company. The quickest way to get rid of pimples is to improve the general health by a thorough cleansing of the blood. Burdock Blood Bitters helps to cleanse the blood and with the blood cleansed the complexion should clear up. The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. t a No.l Citizen I i 0738 if) HIS is not selfishness, but the realization that a community is no better, no sounder than its citizens. The welfare of our community—Canada—depends not alone on those charged with the government of the country, but on each of its citizens—12,000,000 strong. Today, that welfare is menaced by the danger of inflation. Already, millions in lands devastated by war suffer misery because of it. Inflation, to the citizen, means simply less anddess value for his dollar . . . his living costs soar as free and careless spending drives up the price of goods still in short supply. War always brings the threat of inflation in its wake • * • only the pruderice of the people can keep it in check. • • • How? Mainly, by conservation . , . by buying only those goods which are in fair supply, and by saving motley for the day when goods now in short supply will be readily available. This helps to keep prices steady—to keep your dollar st its real worth. . This means that, if you arc a No. 1 citizen, you will rigidly avoid black market purchases and you will building up your savings account; keeping up your insurance; buying Government bonds and War Savings Certificates; holding whatever of these securities yotl have bought. This is conservation—the first requisite for personal security—the first attribute of good citizenship. save money by Bank, of Montreal working with Canadians hi every Walk of fife for 128.years