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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-02-17, Page 2Page £ “LETTERS FROM THE KREMLIN THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1949 Robert SouthcottJ. Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1949 Advocate Established 1881Tinies 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 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 30, 1948 — 2,276 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each ► Publishers A Grave Perplexity Men of all political parties welcomed Louis Saint Laurent to the leadership of the Liberal party. He is a gentleman, to begin with. He is the product of our best schools. He is experienced in public life and dis­ posed to give -every Canadian a square deal. In world affairs he knows what is going on and will throw his influence on the side of peace. But the good man is con­ fronted with' a perplexity. With him it seems that to dance or not to dance, that is the question. He may be a fine debater, blessed with the best of judicial minds but he cannot succeed his critics solemnly aver • for he is not master of the light fantastic toe. At great functions he is not supreme in the matter of the mazy waltz. Horn­ pipes, jigs, strathspeys and reels put neither life nor mettle in his heels. At great functions he may excel all others in wit and grace, all to no avail. He is not a heavenly dancer and so his sun must down behind the clouds of obscurity. In short, the career of this splendid man bound to be irretrievably busted. He floored and there is no remedy. *** *■** Little Too Much Anxiety going folk have listened with like amused wonderment to all the pother about oleaomargarine. Since the food is warranted since many people them have it? Then the colour of the housewives of this ing the difference between butter and the oleomargarine. Further, there are tens of thousands of people who find it hard to buy sufficient butter at its present price. Why should these families be deprived of a food that will take the place of butter? Why should the people be compelled to do without an article that means so much for their welfare ? In any case • oleomargarine is the sort of thing that people like who like that sort of thing, so let them have it. A Quiet something go is is to be wlioesome and want it, why not let why all the noise about margarine? Trust the good land with know- has spoken again and this time in apprecia­ tion of the quality of the British people, His heroic words when his clarion call came, after good fortune seemed to have deserted British arms and the enemy was within cannon shot of London, “We’ll fight them on the seas; we’ll fight them on our coasts; we’ll fight them in our streets”, will not be forgotten while blood flows in British veins. All the world wondered as Churchill’s comrades threw back the ad­ vancing' hordes of Britain’s would-be en­ slavers. Churchill says it was the British people who won the day. At this moment his confidence has been well placed. For Britons are at work. They refuse to bow down to the submarine, for they are cul­ tivating field and hunting ground. They are filling their byres with cattle. Their hills -are covered with sheep producing the fin­ est wool. They have modernized their mines and now British coal is again on the markets of the world. Electrical power is being used to- the limit. Steam is on the job once more. Her ships are sweeping the seven seas. Her laboratories and research chambers are bringing to use utilities’here- to-fore undreamt of. Her children are at school and devout worshippers are waiting at her altars. Much remains to be done. Austerity still is to be practiced. The bread of selfdenial still is to be cast upon the waters. What Britain has done in the way of advance, Canada can do. Where Britain has one material advantage, Canada has ten. We are rich in soil, not only in our prairies but all over the dominion. Every day the north country is proving to be the home of fine material waiting develop­ ment. -Of course, we have our rascals stand­ ing ready to rob and plunder. At the same time we have our wise men who are wise enough to overtake* and punish them. We have the'* moral will and the moral and spiritual surgery that can and will cauter­ ize every festering sore in our social and economical and political life. What is need­ ed this hour is the rousing of tlie spirit that save world by Fitzpatrick, in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, SO YEARS AGO (The Exeter Advocate 1899) The ropes attached to the Trivitt Memorial Church bell were tied up Tuesday night, the ringers having, suspended opera­ tions untill after Lent. Mr. J. E. Tom, I.P.S. of God­ erich, visited several schools of the rural districts during the week. Mr. James Sweet, a 'former compisitor of the Advocate has accepted a position on a news­ paper, just started in -Morden, Manitoba. ■One night last week Mr. W. D, Weekes had two pigs frozen to death. V. Ratz M.P. ,of Khiva, gave the Advocate a pleasant call, Tuesday. Edgar to learn with Mr. Westcott has started the art of barbering, A. Hastings. YEARS AGO25 (The .Exeter Times 1924) Wes Simmons, who has r returned from Fill- Saskatehewan, has pur- the blacksmith business D. Russell and took -pos- on. Monday. W. D. Sanders is in Beaver; gent’ sfancy costume, William Walters; gent’s comic, Francis Abbott; farmer’s cost­ ume, Ed. Anderson; best sheik, Mrs George Grant; |ough guy, Bruce Turkey; oldest gent skater, William Frayne. During the early hours of ■Sunday morning a daring mask­ ed robber entered the home of Mr. T. S. Woods, manager of the Bank of Montreal, and steal­ ing quietly into the room where Mr. Woods lay sleeping, suceed- ed in rifling! his pockets, secur­ ing a small sum of money. Authorities are investigating. The many friends of Mr. L. V. Hogarth, who for several months has been in a plaster cast at the Christie Street Hosp- i t a 1, Toronto, following an operaion on his spine,-’ will be delighted to know that the has at last been removed that an X-ray examination veals a perfect graft. If the sent progress keeps up Hogarth should be home about three months. England by her courage and the her example. Mr. recently more, . S chased of Mr. ] session Mr. Toronto this week attending a meeting of U.F.O. 'Mr. Paul Coates left last week for England, fn" charge of a shipment of cattle. In the council minutes we read that Mr. Nelson Wells was offered the position as bell ring­ er -for 1924, for the salary -of $75.00 i example Financial Strength and Security to Policyholders is reflected in the Company’s operations as shown by this summary from the Annual Report. Insurance in Force • • • $83,145,267 Total Income ...............2,795,596 New Insurance Paid For and Revived...............12,018,41$ Total Assets................• •16,777,119 Policy Reserves.............14,212,358 Payments to Living Policy holders and Beneficiaries...............1,130,279 Surplus for Protection of Policy holders .............1,727,317 A copy of the annual report will be mailed on request. The Call To The North Steffanson has been telling us that we need to encourage settlement of our north­ land. 'We know that these regions are rich in timber and minerals and wild life. We know, too, that those regions are guarded by a rigorous climate and that those who would live there need to be prepared to face hardships. But difficulties such as the north opposes are but an invitation to the brave. Further, the isolation that the pion­ eers of this 'Country experienced have been overcome to a very great extent by modern inventions. Radio and the telephone and the airplane have made pioneering a very different thing from ago. The settler now and school with him. north young man”. « * House Cleaning That was a good move on the part of Labour to require all its official bodies to get rid of communists, root and branch, lock, stock and barrel. Right minded men, too, are in accord with the effort to rid the labour unions of the vicious principle that alleges that once a man is in the union he is above and beyond the control of his employer. One instance illustrates their principle. A sailor who has a place in the union is found to be inefficient. Surely those employing the inefficient sailor have the right to get rid of him. Why should such an inefficient sailor be allowed to en­ danger the ship, its crew and all its pas­ sengers? No union should protect in in­ efficiency. This principle must be dealt •with in the light of common sense to say nothing of tlie interest of the union itself, iji s|r ifc It Can Be Done In the darkest days of the Napoleonic War, when British hopes were at their low- .est, one statesman, as he heard of the re­ peated victories of French armies, turned to the map of Europe and mourned, “Roll it up; It will not be needed for many a day”. Still another statesman exclaimed: “Eng­ land has saved herself by her courage. She will save Europe by her example,” And saved Europe was for a century. England is repeating her splendid performance. Wise wen tell us that she is well up the hill Difficulty. Daylight is appearing after the night of depression when even the mighty Churchill spoke sadly of the disintegration of the British empire. For Mr, Churchill that of fifty years takes his social life The call now is “Go That Not trial ❖ Easily Understood of the Hungarian cardinal is not easily understood, by most people living on this side of the Atlantic. It seems that there were Catholic schools in Hungary, regulated, and taught by Catholics. When the Communists gained control, these schools were taken over by the Commun­ ists. Against this action the church protest­ ed. This protest was regarded by the Com­ munists as treason and the cardinal was arrested and tried for this treasonable act. This has been regarded as a crime against humanity, All Communists regard free criticism of public acts as a phase of trea­ son. Freedom of the press and freedom of* speech are involved in such liberty of criticism. To brand anyone who ventures a criticism of the acts of a government as treason is to abandon liberty. Closely inter­ woven with this freedom of criticism is the right to life itself. Prosecution of the car­ dinal for black marketing in regard to money is simply absurd. Evidently the Communists put a different construction on black marketing in money from that of the non-Communist countries. Boiled down to its elements, the tidal of the cardinal and liis associates is the Communists throwing down the gage of battle to the rest of the world* Communism thrives on violence. No­ thing would suit the Communists better than a war, unprepared for such a struggle as they would be. While the non-Conimun- ists seek for goodwill among all the nations the Communists aim at nothing but strife and violence and bloodshed. “Why take the slow way of argument and education when there is the short, direct way to otir aims by dynamite and the firing squad?”, these apostles of ill will continually argue by practice. 15 YEARS AGO (Tlie Times Advocate 1934) Messrs. Ulrio Snell, George Tracey, W. E. Middleton, E. R. Hopper and J. M. Southcott were in London, Wednesday evening, attending the banquet in Hotel London, in connection with the General Motors silver annivers­ ary. A ival rink The prize winners were; ladies’ fancy costume, -Miss' G. -Cann; ladies’ comic, Miss Amelia Ache­ son; farmer’s wife, Miss Flo­ rence West; best flapper, E. R. Hopper; best professor, 'Mrs. W. May; oldest lady skater; .Mrs. ---------- -.......... ...... - .. valentine masquerade carn- was held at the Exeter on Friday evening last. IO,YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1939) •Mr. Alf Andrus, tinsmith and plumber at Traqualr’s Hardware is taking a special course' in air- ebnditioning, at Ingersoll. Thomas Klurnpp, of Dash­ wood, suffered a heavy ^loss on Saturday afternoon, when fire destroyed » his planing mill, chop­ ping mill, saw mill and lumber yard. The water supply was inadequate, consequently the fire spread rapidly. The loss is estimated at $20,000. The new High School is receiving its finishing touches. The installation of the equip­ ment will be next in-order. <Mrs. George Jaques gave an address -on “Choice Cuts of meat and How to Cook Them”at -tlie regular meeting of the Exeter Women’s Institute, held o n Tuesday last. Jean Appleton gave a guitar selection and Mrs. D. A. Anderson gave a very interesting paper. Miss Lillian Miller, who had a bone in her ankle, fractured recently, while skating on the Thames Road rink, returned to her duties at the office of the Exeter Creamery, Tuesday, with hei* foot in a plaster cast and able to be around with the use of crutches. Representative: Wm. Sweitzer Box 273 Exeter, Ont. ❖* Note and Condiment Farmers hope that the snowfall has not come too late to increase the prospects of a good fall wheat harvest. On the other hand, some fear that the sap will have gone to the tops of the trees during the unusually mild period of early winter, while others think that the freezing and thawing temperatures we have experienced will have broken the roots of the wheat and of the clovers, All remains to be seen, Annual Meeting of the hJay Twp Mutual Fire Insurance Company The 74th annual meeting of the Hay Township Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held in the Town Hall, Zurich, on Monday the 31st day of January 1949 at 2 p.ni. The meeting appointed the president, Reinhold Miller to act as chair­ man and H. K. Either, ary. Following the reading minutes of the previous meeting, the was read. It year closed in force and age of $15,206,770. During the year, the Reinsuring Companies: The Usborne & Hibbert, West Wawanosh and The McKillop ‘Mutual had placed 435 policies ■with us with an Insurance of $1,653,960, and WO had given them 357 policies to tlie amount Of $1,147,460. . There were 63 claims amount­ ing to $21,762,61 comparing with 89 claims of the previous year amounting to $6,411,63. Included in the losses paid was $7,496,24 paid to reinsuring companies. There had been a de­ cided decrease in the losses paid oh colony houses and live-stock. Reference was made to the new regulations -concerning the operation of tractors on barn floors, Fire extinguishers had been bought which are recoiii- mended by the 'Fire Marshal’s Department and the Board of Directors is insisting that every tractor must one that Is Department. The sum been paid as Secret- of the annual addresspresident’s was stated that the With 2443 policies an insurance -cover- be equipped with approved by tlie of $3,295,36 Income Tax on had the surplus acquired Toy .the busi­ ness for 1947, but 1948 showed the operations of the company to have a deficit of $1,975,82. It was pointed out that next year, the company will observe it’s 75th .annual meeting and it was thought it would be very appropriate If some special oc­ casion was observed at the time. H. K. Either, treasurer of the company then read the annual report and J. w. Haberer, one of the auiditors, reported that he and George Deichert had audited the company’s books and, found them correct. They had aiso examined the Securities and all were registered in the name of the -company. The Surety Bonds of the treasurer and agent were examined and found satisfactory. Under the heading of General Discussion, several spoke on the extra hazard which lias arisen by driving tractors on barn floors also the loss which appears to be increasing due to defective wiring. Officers Elected John Armstrong and Fred X Plaberer were re-elected Direct­ ors for a term of three years and Ezra Webb of Grand Bend for the same term in place of Arthur Finkbeiner, who wished to be excused. A hearty vote of thanks was passed by the meet­ ing to Mr. Finkbeiner for his excellent work as a Director the past six years. X w. Haberer and George Deichert were re-appointed aud­ itors of the company's books. The meeting closed With the singing of the National Anthem. ‘ . * Yes, the true test of a laying mash is "what extra proht remains alter cost of feed and management is iiguied." 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