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THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1949
Good Friday
Good Friday turned out to be cold and
. wet, with the weather threatening snow. At
night there was a lively fall of snow that
completely covered the ground. On Satur
day morning the temperature was twenty-
six degrees. A good deal of gardening had
been done during the week and many were
anxious to see warm, sunny weather once
more. The season for growth is here.
Should it prove cold and backward we may
look for sparing crops generally. Crops do
better when they are well above ground in
Maj’ and sunny June.
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“With A Slow Foot But . . ”
The last batch of German war crimi
nals has been brought to justice. An un
believably large number of this ilk has
been dealt with, generally with the hang
man’s rope or prison term. For many a
day we wondered if those worse than beast
criminals would rule in London, in Paris,
and New York, and Toronto. Providence
ordered otherwise and those human mon
sters who filled the earth With terror have
found that justice lies at the foundation of
all things. What a pity that humanity, gen
erally, does not see and practically believe
this. The universe is set against meanness
and falsehood and cruelty. The thief car
ries his own ruin in his right hand.
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Waking Up
Just last week Dean Acheson showed
that the United States is waking up to
something like a true conception of the
condition of affairs in China. As he sees
the situation, the money and the war sup
plies sent to China have been used to fight
the cause for which the United States
stands in that country. The United States
sees that she has been cutting a rod in
China to lascerate her own back. Perhaps
the western powers will some day discover
that in Russia and in communism they have
deadly enemies.
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That Lunar Eclipse
The lunar eclipse of a few evenings
ago occurred in unusually favourable con
ditions for observation. The sky was clear.
The air was warm enough to allow a con
tinuous observation without discomfort. No
one could look on that majestic sight with
out being Impressed with the majesty of
the great universe in which we live. There
was the shadow cast by the great world
upon the moon tens of millions of miles
away. There was the light on the moon
borrowed from the sun many millions of
miles more distant from us than the sun.
There were, too, in the thoughts of the
onlookers the thoughts regarding the count
less millions of men .who observed the won
der of the eclipse. We could not think of
the intelligence of the men who many years
ago foretold the coming of that eclipse.
Then there was the coming of the light
after the darkness and the serene journey
of the moon on her appointed course. It is
just as w’ell for us in our haste to stop
and observe the great forces operative
around us. The eclipse came
permission and left without
We may not be as important
times think we are.
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Inciting Trouble
There is a serious effort
many on her feet. In this effort the United
States and Great Britain are joining. Cana
da is seconding this effort. All sorts of
. reasons are advanced for this move. It is
urged that Europe never will settle down
to peaceful ways till Germany is prosper
ous. self-governing and running her own
affairs in her own way. Along with this
effort goes the hidden reason than an ap
peased Germany will serve as a buffer
state between Russia and her allies and the
Western states of Europe and the United
States. We heard some sort of appeasement
talk before. In fact it has been indulged in
for three-quarters of a century and always
it has meant loss and disappointment. We
know wliat the Germans did when our in
terests in South Africa were imperiled, The
weight of a feather would have turned the
whole German powers against Britain, The
prompt and effective action of Roberts and
Kitchener spoiled that game. We know the
horrors of 1914 and 1939. Germany sought
then the utter ruin of Britain and the Unit
ed States, World domination was the pur
pose of Germany, We know the German
treatment of civilian populations. We know
what we had to do with the German
leaders. It is now urged that the German
without our
our consent,
as we some-
to put Ger-
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“BEFUDDLED PLACKSMITH”
Justin in the Minneapolis Star
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Garden Parties, Fairs, Old Boys
Reunions, All Outside Functions
Balkwill,
and Miss Mar-
London Norm-
his egg business.
‘Miss Dorothy
Stratford Normal,
gu erite Kuntz, of
al, are spending the Easter holi
days at | their respective homes
in town.
“TIMES* Go By
Robert Southcott
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people had nothing to do with those mis
eries and multiplied horrors. Those who
talk in this way should tell the world
whence came the hordes that murdered and
burned and heaped upon the world abomi
nations such as the race never experienced
before. Five short years are not sufficient
to change the leopard’s spots or to render
fair the Ethopian’s skin. “Brutes they were
and brutes they remain” as in the days
when Arthur Balfour gave this judgement.
'Phis is no war mongering plea but it is an
effort to have our fellow’ citizens see the
danger that every moment is gathering,,
strength. Even handed justice must be
given Germany. Before we can deal with
her on fraternal terms Germany must wash
her hands and cleanse her heart. Centuries
of living must pass before we can believe
she will keep her treaties or honour her
word.
Those Indigents
In spite of a long period when jobs
were more numerous than workers and in
spite of the fact that wages have been un
usually high, there are a number of per
sons who are on the road unashamedly beg
ging their way. The high toned name for
this gentry is indigent. The real name is
loafer or tramp. These folk approach our
kitchens and intimate that they want food
or clothing or both, with a bed thrown in.
We are sure that the village council has
a few loaves of stale bread saved for the
accommodation of such weary wandering
Willies. We are equally sure that it is mis
taken charity for private individuals to
heed the solicitations of such wonderers. In
every case the work test should be applied
and the applicant referred to the police. In
days when there are weeds to cut along
the roads and streets,, when there are fields
to be cleaned up and backyards to be set
in order and gardens to be dug there sim
ply is no excuse for sturdy youths and
vigorous men to be seeking handouts. Citi
zens with brains in their heads see this.
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Parents! Attention!
/
Are the parents of this village aware
of the danger children are running every
hour they are playing on the streets? Again
and again tots are seen playing in the very
teeth of traffic. These happy little citizens
often run directly in the way of the grav
est danger. One stroke from a car and a
child may be killed or maimed or scarred
for life. The simple fact is that it is a
mother’s privilege to know where her
youngsters are. We are quite aware that
the methods of the old-fashioned mother
who kept a close watch on her children
are out of date. We understand that it is
the proper caper for a mother these en
lightened days to let her three-year-old
wander where he bally well pleases and to
follow the mob generally. ’Phis practice
was not in vogue a few generations ago
. . . but neither were juvenile courts. Nei
ther were funeral homes popular.
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50 YEARS AGO
(The Exeter Advocate 1899)
Mr. George Heaman, mason,
has secured the brick-work con
tract for the hardware , store
north of the It. E. Pickard Co.’s
premises; Messrs. Dyer and
Howard, the carpenter work, and
and Mr. ,Wesley Welsh, the
painting.
The Exete'r Packing House is
being re-shingled.
.'Mr. T. W. Acheson has had a
large new balcony erected in
front of the Central .Hotel, mak
ing it much more convenient
for the .summer season.
Owing to rapid increase in
business. Mr. T. H. McCallum
has commenced operations for
the enlargement of his tannery
and consequently .an increased
staff of workmen will be em
ployed.
Mr. William Levett has pur
chased the old Mace property on
Main Street and will open an
office therein shortly. Mr. Levett
will handle coal, coal oil, seeds,
etc.
Enos Cudmore and sister,
Clara, spent (Sunday in Kirkton,
the guests ‘ of their uncle and
aunt, Mr. (Rev.) and Mrs. John
Ball.
Note and Comment
25 YEARS AGO
(The Exeter Times 1924)
A 'number of school teachers
are spending- the Easter holidays
at their homes in Exeter. Among
them are; Miss Amy Johns, of
near Hamilton; Miss Dorothy
Kuntz, of Essex; Miss Gladys
Harvey, of Tara; Miss V. Walk
er, of
Jones,
Sweet,
Mr.
tained
sters, of Exeter, to a maple taffy
pull at his sugar bush on the
third concession of Usborne on
Good Friday afternoon. The
youngsters had all the taffy they
could eat and needless to say
had a very jolly time.
•Mr, Bruce Medd, Who has
completed his year at the iGuelph
O.A.C., leaves the latter part of
the week for Walkerville, where
lie lias secured a position fol*
the summer with Walkerside
Limited.
Mr.
15 YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocate 1934)
The Women’s Missionary
Society of the James St. .United
Church celebrated their forty
fifth anniversary on Sunday eve
ning last. The speaker for the
evening was Mrs. Herbert Childs
of London, and associated on the
platform with, her were Mrs. C.
W. Christie and Mrs. J.S. Grant,
of the local society. On Monday
evening an anniversary supper
was served to a large crowd.
Mr. Newman Hardy, of De
troit, spent the week-end .with
his mother here.
The Bell Telephone Company
plans to spend $15,00)0 at Exe
ter this summer, rebuilding the
entire exchange and plant, and
removing the poles and overhead
wires from business streets.
Reeve James Ballantyne, of
Usborne Township, was the
choice of an open convention of
Progressive Liberals and Inde
pendant Conservatives at Hen
sail on Monday afternoon, and
is to run as an Independent
candidate in oposition to George
H. Elliott, of Clinton, who has
been selected to .carry the Con
servative banner.
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Britain is suffering from
menace. Why not have rabbit
shoo tin* ?
the rabbit
huntin’ *nd
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Those fishermen who beat
twenty-four hours found themselves in
good company—the company of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police!
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Consumers are relieved to know that e
the price of coal and oil is reduced. They
are grateful for small mercies even if they
have memories of other days.
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Our office little bird tells us that the
politicians are not enjoying a quiet holiday
these fine spring days. Their main job is
mending fences and sowing seed, in the
right places.
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We saw a dog scratching in dad’s gar
den. We noticed another canine enjoying
the best sort of a rest in mother’s flower
bed. We fear the gentle creatures got them
selves disliked
the gun by
$ & &
Those rivers have interesting ways. The
Thames proved a model stream this season.
The Avon never flowed more gently. The
lordly Aux Sables rolled untroubled to the
inland sea believed to be its home. Was
this good behaviour on the part of the
rivers due to the eclipse or the display of
Northern Light or was the fine conduct the
result of the county council, or to the union
of Canada With Newfoundland?
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Poultry NOW
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1O YEARS AGO
(Tlie Times-Advocate 1939)
Three places of business in
Exeter were broken into by
thieves during the early hours
of Tuesday morning. Thirteen
dollars was stolen from the cash
register of Sandy Elliott’s gar
age; eighty-three cents from
Snell Bros, garage, . and seven
gallons -of gas from the McCall-
Frontenac Service Station oper
ated by Graham Arthur.
Messrs. William Allison, .Irwin
Ford, BUI Snell and Andrew-
Hamilton were at Benmiller
recently and succeeded In bring
ing home seventy-two suckers.
Mr. Clifford . Quance, while
playing ball on Saturday, had
three teeth knocked out when.
C. F» Hooper has put- he was struck in the mouth by chased a new Ford truck * for I a ball.
Clandeboye; Miss Vera
of Delhi, and Miss Irno
of Putnam.
William Kernlck enter-
about sixty-five young-
The Reader
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Ont.,
1949
Box 96, Exeter,
. April
Exeter Times-Advocate,
Exeter, Ont., Canada.
Deaf Sirs:
Referring to yoiir most recent
issue dated April 14, 1949, In
the column “As The “Times* Go
By", “50 Years Ago" with a sub
heading (The Exeter Advocate
1889), you Will no doubt concur
that news of that date is'of the
sixty year variety and is there-,
fore incorrect
With further reference to a
portion of this item wherein you
allude to my having started to
learn clerking with J. P. Clark,
this is also erroneous and ridi
culous as at that time I was just
past infancy, Furthermore, I was
never emploVed by Mr. J. D.
Clark.
In future If you wish to use
my name or refer to me in any
way in your =fplap6r, I would ap
preciate correct^ and authentic in-
terpretations, A correction Would
f
be in order.
Yours truly,
Win. J. Smith
• We are willing to accept Mr.
Smith’s word that the item is in
correct. However, the item as it
appeared in The Exeter Advocate
April 15, 1899, fifty years ago,
reads: “Willie Smith, son of S.
Smith, London Road south, has
started to learn clerking with
Mr. J, ‘ P. Clark.’’ The heading,
“50 Years Ago”, is correct but
We admit the year 1889 should
have read 1899. —Ed,
Minimum Prices For
Cabbages, Beets, Carrots
A minimum price of ,$10 a
ton for cabbage sold to proces
sors this year was set by the
Ontario Farm Products Market
ing Board. Minimum prices were
also set for carrots and beets,
the first time the two products
have come undei’ prices regula
tions.
Minimum prices for beets;
Diameter 5-5 to 1U inch, $60 a
ton; 1U to 1% inch, „$40 a
ton; 1% to 2% inch, $30; OVer
inch, $20.
Ungraded carrots .with a mini
mum size of 1% inch, purchased
between Juno 25 and August 15,
will sell for $46 a ton and un
graded. carrots 1%, inches in
minimum size purchased after
August 15, $20 a ton. .
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