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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-01-27, Page 2Page 2 THE T1MES-APV0CATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1949 <lje Cxeter Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning ait Exeter, Ontario AAn 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 CWNA 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, JANUARY 27 The Hobble Can civilization borrow and lend ? Can Anglo Saxondom get on with one major portion of it being a borrower and another major portion a lender? The answer is a decided “No” if the parties to the borrow­ ing and lending act on the selfish princi­ ple. Borrowing or accepting and giving credit, which is very much the same thing, is a device to receive help in an emergency but which must be made up or compensat­ ed for in some way as soon as the emer­ gency is past. It is very like one farmer allowing his neighbour his harness in the case of a breakdown, a practice which does not fit in with the usual way of farming, Here is a case that shows the fatality of the selfish spirit in borrowing. Canada, it is well known, has been making loans to Britain. Yet last Christmas, a man living in England sent a luxury present to a Canadian friend for 17111011 he paid eleven dollars. The Canadian friend could buy identically the same article for six dollars in Canada. Further, in face of the Cana­ dian loans, Britain is seeking to buy wheat in Poland. It is alleged that Canada looked for favours from Britain because she had loaned Britain money. There is a kettle of fish for you. Britain is replying that though she borrowed money from Canada, she is free to buy where she can make the best bargain. If she can pay back her Canadian loan more readily bv doing business with Poland or elsewhere, she feels herself free to do so. On the other hand, if Britain wishes to continue doing business with Canada, she must regulate her prices so that the Canadian buyer may find it good business to deal with Britain. A wise money lender desires the prosperity of the party to whom the loan is made. The -wise party doing the borrowing accepts the loan as a means to aid him, ultimately, to stand on his feet financially. A “Sunshine Budget” There is talk of a sunshine budget for the coming federal parliament. It is too soon to discuss that budget. It will be time enough to say much about that interesting document when it is before the public. Only a select few have any idea of what is going to be enacted in a budget way, eagerly as some may seek that informa­ tion. Indeed, it would be a soriw day should it become the practice for any but the cabinet minister to know what is pro­ posed in the fiscal policy as outlined in the budget. Apart from all that, even the intimation that prices may reasonably be expected to be appreciably lower is good news. Tens of thousands know a good deal about the necessity for the reduction of prices. While there is little actual want in Canada, the average man’s fingers are worn to the bleeding point stretching his income to make it meet the demands of his daily living. There is meat to be had, but it is miserably and unnecessarily dear. Some one is skimping the ultimate con­ sumer to the limit the market will stand. Clothing is outrageously expensive. Shoes are helicopting out of the range of the best homemaker’s financial telescope. The word that things are worse in Britain than they are in Canada brings Jack Canuck small comfort. Prices move in the wrong way in this good land. A poultry man remarked the other day, “As the price of eggs goes down, the price of feed goes up”. Stock feeders have something to say on this mat­ ter. Cattle vary in price, but the butcher sings the same merry old song. All in all. we’re waiting in hope, may it not be of the “hope deferred variety”. We have a glad smile and a glad hand for a budget <»f that sort.# A Real Service Main Street and James Street Churches rendered this community a real service by bringing the story out of the Lamont Hos­ pital. This hospital was founded about the turn of the century by the Methodist Church. The beginning was of the smallest character but it was the best the times af­ forded. The doctor who began the work in his own small dwelling was almost alto­ gether dependent upon his own resources and his own purse. He had to oppose the fatalism of the race he tried to serve. Something like stonewall opposition con­ fronted him at every turn. Prejudice stared him in the face wherever he went. Against this he offered the best 'service that the best men in his craft had to offer. Little by little, he won his way and at last was given the' wholehearted and practical sup­ port of the people till now the Lamont hospital is one of the great institutions of the country and of the United Church. Her work ranks high among the hospitals of the commonwealth, Literally this institution serves all who come to her, their need be­ ing the passport to her service. When peo­ ple ask what the church is doing she points in gratitude to the work done by such schools of healing* as we find only in La­ mont but from Newfoundland to Vancou­ ver.•§*. *$• Mr. Truman’s Inaugural Mr. Truman’s inaugural was a deliver­ ance foi* which all the world waited and to which all the world listened. There was in this really great utterance, a fine com­ bination of dignity and strength. It was marked by a noble simplicity. Every sen­ tence displayed the understanding of a strong man of the great, questions he and his nation face at this moment and that must confront them for at last four years. There breathed in every line the conscious­ ness of the strength of a mighty nation and of the awareness of the manner in which that strength may be worthily used and deservedly retained. Throughout the utterance there was a call to every ^Ameri­ can citizen to hear continually the call to aid all less privileged people who were willing to exercise their blessed gift of self help. It portrayed a people eager to be out on their right of way about their own business but who had the will and the power under God to help others who were looking for liberty and the way to serve in self respect. The United States is willing to take the place of a servant among the nations but has no intention of being bullied by anyone. The aim of the republic is peace, but the peace sought must be a just peace and possess the ele­ ments that make peace permanent and abiding. Future generations will look upon this inaugural as a clear statement of what is in the heart and mind and will of the United States this perplexing hour. y* The Fever The fever here mentioned takes many forms. Sometimes it takes the form of the chicken fever. This fever is not a malady that overtakes the chickens but it is an affliction that overtakes would-be chicken owners. The symptoms are well known to experienced poultry owners. The victim usually is a town or village dweller who has been reading magazines with some­ thing to sell, or he has been a listener in on stories of the folk who have made com­ fortable fortunes in eggs and dressed fowl. He usually has invested a snug bit of money in poultry equipment and in a few hundred baby chicks. Everything goes nicely till the chickens begin to die. He re­ plenishes liis stock, only to find that the chickens persist on leaving for the happy hunting ground. Should he-succeed in rais­ ing a couple of hundred fowl, he makes the discovery in a great many instances that his birds have not acquired the laying habit. At last, in sheer weariness of spirit, he gives up the whole enterprise. His mis­ take was in having more fever than ex­ perience as to tlie requirements of his poultry. The fever sometimes takes the form of specializing in cattle of one sort and another. The ’fever in this case runs very much the same course. Sometimes the fever finds its way into business houses. Some line of merchandising is taken on, only to prove a grave disappointment. We know of one merchant who took on a line of fancy leather goods. Feople visited the store, praised the wares, and left without purchasing. When the fine days of spring came, he was left holding the bag that had far more experience therein than there was money in the till. Indeed, the fever is likely to break out at anytime in any walk o£ life. We recall a community. In it, there were two classes. The one class was badly infected by the enterprise fever. They were pointed out as the progressive members of the community. The other class was con­ tent in what the Scotch” call a “canny” way. Fifteen years pass. For the most part the fever striken were precisely where they were when the fever virus got into their noodles. The other class had made some real progress. They could meet the bailiff and look him straight in the eye. They had no dealings with anyone who profited by forced sales. Sometimes the fever afflicts towns or villages when the results are pre­ cisely tile same as when it attacks individ­ uals. It is abroad just now in one form or another and is as miserable an affliction as ever. ahead / &Deiour to INSURANCE ottteTi* W. Herman Hodgson Residence 103J ** Exeter. Ontario The Insurance Man REGULATING THE INCUBATOR * ft Progressive Conservative Party JAN. 27™ » Fitzpatrick, in The St Louis Post-Dispatch, 50 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Advocate 1899) Mrs. William Brooks has been appointed post mistress of the Hay Post Office, Exeter North. At the last regular meeting of Lebanon Forest Lodge, No. 133, A. F. and A.M., the following of­ ficers were duly installed: W.B. .T. A. Stewart; SW., William Sweet; J.W., P. Gowan; treas., B. S. O’Neil; sec., C. H. San­ ders; Ohap., G. Walrond; Tyler, S. Sweet; 'S.D., T. A. Amos; J.D., I. R. Carling; I.G., R. Knight; Stewards, T. W. Hawk- shaw and W. T. Acheson; Mas­ ter of Ceremonies, J. Senior. After the officers were installed the brethren adjourned to the Central Hotel .and participated in an oyster supper given by the Worshipful Master, Bro. J. A. Stewart. The evangelistic services com­ menced last Sunday morning in the James Sf^eet Church. .Miss Morton, of Toronto, was in charge, assisted by the pastor. The congregations were very large and ( terested in her work. The ice mencecl and, quality is not bad. evidently deeply in- the Evangelist and harvest has com- while it is thin, the in 25 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Times 1924) The Evangelisic meetings Main Street Methodist Church are off to a good start. The pas­ tors of James Street and Main Street are in charge of the ser­ vices and the two congregations have united foi’ the campaign. The coldest spell of the season passed over this section on Mon­ day. The mercury dropped to around ten degrees below zero. A. E. Erwin, reeve of Bay- field, was elected to the warden­ ship at the first meeting of the Huron County Council. Mr. H. Bierling has purchased’ from Messrs. R. McKenzie & Son the general store and post office in Exeter North. Miss Hopkins, who has charge of the young ladies’ class in connection with the short courses put on iby the Ontario Department of Agriculture, en­ tertained the members of the Exeter and Hurondale Women’s Institutes on Thursday of last week. The attendance was large. An interesting program was put on by some of the young ladles taking the course. Sunday was field day in. con­ nection with the Evangelism and Sociel, Service Department of the Methodist Church of the Exeter district. Rev. W. E. Millson, of London, president of the confer­ ence, preached in James Street Church in the morning and in Main Street Church in the eve­ ning, delivering two very force­ ful sermons. 15 YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1934) Mr. Wm. Hatter, local dairy­ man, has bought out the dairy ’business of Mr. Ben Case. A real old-fashioned blizzard visited this section -Sunday and Monday, the wind blowing a gale and the driving snow made travelling almost impossible. The storm came up suddenly follow­ ing a week of mild weather. Messrs. H. M. Hurd and R, Fries, of London, engineers of the -Bell Telephone Company, were in town last week making’ arrangements for the removal of the company’s lines off the busi­ ness section of Main Street. The company proposes placing the main cables from Huron Street to North Street, a distance of three blocks, underground. The banquet of the Men’s Club of the Trivitt Memorial Church on Wednesday evening of* last week was put on by the losing side in the membership contest and was catered to by the U-Go-I-Go class. The was fairly well attended young ladies provided cellent meal. « w.... ........—” We had j,ust gotten our new ear and were so proud. Then we came out of the movies to find a fender crumpled. 1 was sick, bust Bob said our insurance covered it. In no time at all w4e hud oar new fender—thanks insurance I” will speak Thursday Night ON THE SUBJECT "The Nation’s Business CBL Toronto 7.45 p.m Progressive Conservative Party 10-9 We did a big Job in 1948... AND THERE’S A BIG JOB STILL TO BE DONE! We’ve just completed the busiest year in our history. Ontario and Quebec telephone lines carried a record 9,000,000 calls daily, and service generally was better. We built more new buildings than in any previous year, added 325,000 miles of wire —indications of the size of the construction program that enabled'Tis to install 148,981 new telephones . another record. Much remains to be done. Thousands still want tele­ phones, further service improvement is still possible. Every day throughout the coming year, telephone men and women everywhere will be working hard to meet this challenge. In 1949, as in the past, all our efforts will be directed to the achievement of more and better telephone serv­ ice at the lowest possible cost. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA and over by the county ibanquet and the an former roadclerk and 10 YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1939) Mr. Keith McLean, of i Huron Expositor, Seaforth, 1 been appointed returning officer for the Huron-Perth federal rid­ ing. The Goshen Line from ‘Zurich to Sarepta, and. the boundary road from Kippen to Drysdale have been taken over County of Huron as roads. Dr. C. G. Morlock, -a Crediton boy, has been appoint­ ed -a. consultant under the Divi­ sion of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn. An old - fashioned blizzard struck this town on Sunday and raged for the day. Misses Jean Hagerman Doris Elliot were heard GFPL, London, Saturday eve­ ning when they sang a duet. Hay Council Sets Rates of Pay Township Council Holds An Inaugural Meeting In Zurich Chambers The Council of the Township of Hay held its initial meeting for the year 1949 in the Hay Township council chambers, Zur­ ich, on Monday, January 17, at 11 a.m. Each member took his place around the table and the reeve called upon the clerk to administer the declaration of fice. By prearrangement, Rev. Roppel wag asked to attend meeting and at this time reeve called upon the guest to give a short address. His words of counsel stressed the need for careful consideration of matters pertaining to municipal affairs. The reeve then welcomed the council members and askqd them to give very careful deliberation to all matters that might come before them during 1949. / short discussion followed after; William H. of- H. the the ing was then adjourned for din­ ner, which was given by the reeve to the incoming council, Rev. Roppel, superintendent. The sighing Township for reeve, George clork-tteasurfer, Shire; and for Village, Schllbe, W. Brokenshire. The following officials appointed to fill the township positions for Member of the Board of Josiah Geiger; sanitary tors, officials for 1949 are Armstrong; H. W. Broken- the Zurich Police the chairman, Milfred and the treasurer, H. Hay the the GOVERNMENT OF CANADA were various 1949: Health, inspec- (.East) Lome Chapman, (Dashwood) G. F. Pfile; pound­ keepers, J. F. Ingrain, Jack ner, Garnet Jacobe, Ed J. per, Fergus Turnbull, Roy ner, Simon Hoffman, Roy gerich, Harold Finlay, 1 Clausius, Allan Crorar; Mer- Wal- ' Mer- ' Gin- Harry _ , _ , stock A i valuator, Bert Klopp; assessor, ____ _______ ___ ’ TT. Edighotfer; fence-’ Which the reeve called for the viewers. Ed Munn, Alfred Pfaff, reading of the minutes of the Lloyd Hendrick; weed inspector, last regular meeting. The meet- Wesley Coleman. Due February 1st, 1948-52 BEARING CALL LETTER “A” ONLY HAVE BfeEN DRAWN FOR PAYMENT February 1, 1949 Bonds of this issue bearing the call letter shown should be presented for redemption on February 1, 1949 or as soon thereafter as possible With all coupons of later date attached. No further interest will be paid on these bonds after the above date. Bcl0 ■W &