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THE TIMES-ADVQCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1949
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THURSDAY MQRNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1949
Nature Takes A Handu
Some clever men for some time back
have been attempting big things. For in
stance, we’ve been regaled in various ways
about the great things accomplished by the
use of electricity. Here in Ontario we were
urgged to put in appliances for putting
electricity to work. Just as we were get
ting in that line, old Mother Nature shut
off the supply of water that turned our
electricity producing machines. Several
times a day we were told that unless we
got on with the smallest supply of elec
tricity we’d be in the worst hobble imagin
able, with factory wheels standing still and
every electric bulb as dark as Erebus. Out
there in Vancouver things electric have
been worse than we ever dreamed of. And
now the same calamity is threatening Sas
katchewan. Scarcity of water again has
put a stop to our manufacturing and to
our western comforts and advantages gen
erally. In many of the western states, our
American* cousins had grown tired pf im
porting cattle from Canada. Just as their
cattle industry was progressing satisfac
torily there came a series of blizzards that
put the load on that industry. In other
southern states the good people said they
would produce citrus fruits to feed the
world. Then came a killing frost, a gen
uinely killing frost, that gave the industry
a decided set-back. Along still another line
we made up our minds that if we developed
a many sided market for our goods, we’d
be safe against market fluctations. Again
we were doomed to disappointment. A
many sided market resulted in many sided
difficulties. The result is that we are faced
with business difficulties that puzzle our
keenest minds. Frost and rainfall and
drought and pests have a way of up-setting
the plans of the most astute. •
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The Scandanavian League
We recall the Scandanavian peninsula
from oui- school boy days. It was away up
there on the map away frotn the rest of
the world and noted for -its forests with a
lot of wild beasts therein. There were a
good many rocky places, we were told.
The soil was not good for farming or
gardening. The people ‘were not nice to
live with, while there were too many icy
winds to allow one to live comfortably.
Later we beard about Swede iron, a metal
of real value when toughness was a major
consideration. The Swedes were a naturally
strong people if they survived the hard
ships of their native land. Americans found
them well suited to hard muscle labour.
Lately we have taken notice that this pen
insula borders on Russia. Further, Russia
has been noted to be casting her covetous
eyes in the direction of this peninsula with
due consideration of the peninsula’s value
in the event of •war. The western powers
have been looking in that direction and
have been asking the peninsula to come
with them in the western European al
liance. The peninsula seems to be saying.
“I could be happy with either, the other
fair charmer away”. So far. the peninsula
is saying to the western powers that she
cannot allow’ them to make military bases
within its borders unless war actually
breaks out. The Russians are delighted to
have the Scandanavians act in this manner,
for they well know that wars begin sud
denly and that they can have the Scanda-
navians under the paw of the bear before
the Scandanavian^ prepare war bases. The.
Scandanavians cannot afford to play the
war game, after the pattern of watchful
waiting.
Health Week
It is a good thing to observe health
week. There arc some unfortunate people
who brood their physical condition much
to their own injury and the misery of those
who are obliged to listen to their dismal
wailings. There are. others who do not take
precautions to preserve their great asset of
health. They keep going* till, finally, there
comes a catastrophe and they find that
they have overdrawn their health resources.
Nature has given them frequent warnings
and at last delivers a knockout blow*
Health week is intended to cause every one
of us to have an opportunity to get rid of
weaknesses that have crept on us like a
thief in the night, Most of us are afraid
to have the doctor test us out. For the
most part there is no ground for this fear,
Doctors have a way of bracing their pat
ients to the point they can make the best
of their bodily powers, They do their best
to keep the physical gate swing no matter
how it creaks, Most of all, the doctor helps
his patient to get aid for bodily ills before
they get the mastery of their victim. The'
simple fact is that there is nothing more
terrible about having* the doctor check over
than there is in taking stock of one’s busi
ness resources. It is folly to shut one’s
eyes in the hope that he may skate over
thin ice simply because he is unaware of
the danger. It is far better to try to climb
the hill, before one’s powers are exhausted,
So blessings on health week.
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Can She Hold The War Off?
Britain seems to be coming back. Her
austerity program seems to be producing
business-and military results. Gradually she
is filling her coffers'. All she needs is time
and she will again take a leading place
among the nations. But it will take time
for her to do so. Navies and factories and
mines and farms are not made in a few
months or even in a few years. Africa will
be a land where money must be spent for
a very considerable time before-it becomes
a paying business asset to the mother land.
While the hill is being climbed almost any
powerful nation may throw avalanches of
one sort or another that will block the pro
gress of the climbers. “Millions for an inch
of time,” Queen Bess is said to have plead
ed. Britain may well breathe the same sup
plication.
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Definite
Just as the Exeter groundhog was get
ting- into his helicopter, he was interviewed
by our cub reporter. “What do you think
of margarine?” he was asked.-“Oh, it’s all
very well, it’s what people like who like
that sort of thing.” “Is the session at 'Ot
tawa likely to be a lively one?” “That all
depends upon which of those talkers can
throw the. most redpeppers.” “And what
about an early spring?” “Perhaps there’ll
be an early spring and perhaps not. I have
found it that way for quite a while.” The
busy little rodent had his machine well
loaded with beets and clover and alfalfa
and all the lettuce he could wheedle from
the merchants. “There’s nothing like pre
paredness,” he' added.
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Will She Blunder Again?
The newly formed nation of Israel is
apparently trying to make friends of every
other nation. This has been one of her
major blunders since the days of King
Soloman at least. Instead of giving herself
heart and soul to accomplishing the task
for which her choicest spirits believed
her called into existence, she gave herself
to the precarious work of gaining by dip
lomacy what she feared she could not win
by the sword. Instead of staying steadily
by her call to do the right tiling at any
cost she tried to be rich and powerful. In
stead of adhering closely to the Ten Com
mandments, she foolishly tried to imitate
the folk who were not trained therein. In
this way, Israel became a people without a
country. Will she repeat her folly ? At pre
sent, it looks as if she were again to spurn
the lessons of history. It seems that Israel
simply will not learn by experience, dearly
though slie has been taught for many a
weary century.
That Frost
We sympathize with our American
cousins as they bear the loss of their ^citrus
fruit crop. Reports indicate that the frost
wihcli visited those southern states has
been decidedly severe. Townspeople are
not aware of what it is to miss the market
in natural products. Not only is one sale
missed out but there will not be another
sale for a year at least. In some instances
not only is the fruit ruined but the fruit
bearing tree is seriously damaged. For our
selves the citrus fruit has come to be rc*
garded as an essential to the best health.
We are hopeful that other citrus fruit pro
ducing countries will escape the ravages of
climate and for that reason be able to sup
ply the world with abundance of the fruit
wc have come to prize so highly. Mean
while, we sympathize with the tens of
thousands who will suffer want because the
crop they depended upon for a livelihood
had become worthless.
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Note and Comment '
Our friends in the south have not sent
us a price list of overcoats and flannels.*
“THE RACE”
Hungerford, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
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« TIMES* Go By
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50 YEARS AGO
(The Exeter Advocate 1899)
The Junior Hockey Club have
arranged to .play a game here
tonight with the Clinton team.
Admission, gents, 10 cents, lad;'
ies and children, 5 cents.
•Mr. E. J. .Sp aslcman is in
Montreal on business this week
end.
The Oyster Social given under
the auspices of Trivitt Memorial
Church in Gidle’s Opera House
■on Friday night was well at
tended. After all had been amply
supplied with oysters a choice
program was rendered. A solo
“Ben Bolt” by Miss Ida Johns
received a hearty encore as did
the comic songs by Mr. M. Vin
cent. The vocal duet by Mrs.
Billings and Miss A. Oke was
admirably rendered, the recitat
ions by Mrs. P. L. Bishop were
well rendered as was also the
reading of Mr. Hurdon.
25 YEARS AGO
(The Exeter Times 1924)
Mr. Richard Davis and team
had a thrilling experience Fri
day morning while hauling ice
from the river above the dam.
The ice suddenly gave way and
team and load were percipitated
into the icy water. They were
finally ipulle’d out and suffered
very little from the experience.
The Exeter Horticultural Soc
iety are offering their premium
list of ten choices for 19 24. The
slogan of the society “Every
member of every family a mem
ber of the Horticultural Society
in 1924.”
A leap year skate was held at
the Dome rink on Wednesday
evening last and many enjoyed
a pleasant time on the ice. The
finale was a grand march led by
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Boyle.
At the meeting of the Huron-
dale W. I. held at the home of
the Misses Oke, Rev. Donnelly
gave an excellent address on
“Filling Your Neck” and a
demonstration on icing cakes
was given by Mrs. J. Bolton,
Miss N. Neddy and Miss J,
Strang.
15 YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocato 1934) /
The coldest spell in years
visited this community. At
eight o’clock last Wednesday
morning the temperature was
about twenty below and the
highest temperature for the day
was fifteen below.
The Hogarth Baby Chick
Hatchery gave a splendid ban
quet to flock owners who supply
the hatchery with hatching eggs.
About One hundred were pre
sent. -s
Mr. Clarence Boyle who has
been employed with Southcott
Bros, for the past five years,
left ..this week for London where
he has secured a position with
the Supersilk Hosiery Company.
Clarence being a member of
both the Exeter baseball team
and the hockey received a great
send-off, an evidence of the
esteem in which he is held.
The orchestra of Main Street
United Church under the leader
ship of William Geddes, the
male quartette, Miss Pearl Wood
Francis Abbott, Cyril Strange
and Rev. A. E. Elliott took part-
in an entertainment at Hensail
on Monday evening.
Mi\ W. J. Beer is in possess
ion of a live wild duck which
was picked '’up on one of the
Exeter streets on Sunday last
IO YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocato 1939)
Exeter’s n e w Refrigerated
Locker Service was opened to
the ipublic for inspection the
latter part of last week. Several
tons of meat have already been
placed in the plant foi- freezing.
Stan 'Smith’s orchestra will
broadcast over C.F.P.L Monday
evening- next between ten and
ten thirty p.m.
Miss Dorothy Green, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Green has
been successful in passing with
merit the examination in ad
vanced senior in elocution.
Exeter L.O.L. No. 924 held
its regular meeting Friday night
whegn the officers for the com
ing year were Installed a resol
ution was unanimously passed
“That this lodge record its op
position to any change in the
Lord’s Day Act which, will throw
open the Sabbath to activities
having a commercial motive.
Mr. Jack Paisley,former man
ager of the Chainway store here,
has been transferred to Toronto,
15 Years Ago
C. A. S, Report
The? following is a report of
the Children’s Aid Society of
Huron as presented at the Hur
on County Council, **
“Each year sees more activity
in our work and from month to
month the scene changes. In the
last three months we have had
13 new unmarried parent cases
half as many as we usually have
in a year. We have had a third
more child protection cases this
year, involving twice as many
children. We have submitted 39
children into cate and have one
third more adoptions for this
year. Even our visits and inter
views increased and. we did not
see how we could do more than
We did in the previous year’s
work—then having tripled our
visits and work,
“We realize We are only
touching a fringe of the work
to be done. We are in deperate
need of more help In order to
do more than meet tire emerg
encies, for we are in a position
to see how much could be done
if only there could be three of
us instead of two. We want to
give you our very best, and this
we sincerely try to do,
“We are endeavoring to work
more closely with the church,
and are given much assistance
and help by the ministers
throughout the county. It Is
alarming to find so many un
interested in the church activit
ies'—-so many children not even
knowing a prayer,
Problems Faced
“The problems jve have found
have been drunkeness, non-sup
port, separation o f parents,
marital discord, physical and
moral neglect, delinquency, and
I mental defect.”
“Wo have seen the transform- I ation in children’s lives when
I given good food, care, and
affection. Little ones we thought
would probably have to be sent
to a mental institution have
been trained and are becoming
normal children. « , We owe a
debt beyond words to the foster-
parents, who are doing such
a wonderful piece of work.
“Our problems all go back to
the home—the life a family
lives in that home.
“We have 62 child protection
cases involving over 3.00 child
ren. We have 84 children in
care. We have 54 unmarried
parent cases and are supervising
three family allowance cases. In
all this work we have made
3,066 visits, had 1,614 office
interviews, and sent out 1,869
letters and reports. We had 50
court attendances, attended 43
meetings, and gave 20 address
es.”
Mrs. Chaffee, the superintend
ent, spoke briefly to the report,
and Introduced Miss Claire Mc
Gowan, social worker, who de
clared a greater effort than ever
Would be made to keep the
little children from going to
provincial training schools. She
appealed tor homes for these,
maintaining there - is no such
thing as a bad boy or girl.
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NOW...,
?PASTURE
IN THE BAGS1
Spring Grasses, rich in pro
teins and vitamins are har
vested at their nutrition peak,
dehydrated in minutes, then
added to all Roe Vitamized
Feeds.., “a green-gold” diet
-bonus for poultry, livestock.
ROE FARMS MILLING CO. - ATWOOD, ONT.
Except for the war years the
manufacture of pulp and paper
(not counting operations in the
woods) has been since 1921
Canada’s leading industry in
point of value of products and
wages and salaries paid to wurlt-
I Canada has more than 125
species of trees, -of’ which 33
are “softwoods". Only about a
dozen of the “hardwoods" are of
m u c h commercial Importance
and about 80 per cent of our
merchantable timber is tff soft
woods