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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-10-27, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER^ ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1949 ®I)e Exeter ^nnesrBtibocate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1024 Advocate Established 1881 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 CAVNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-In-Advance Circulation As Of September 30, 1948 — 2,276 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $3.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott - Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1949 A Hard Task Well Done In the prime of life and universally liked and respected by everyone, Constable John Ferguson passed away last Thursday. Mr, Ferguson came to Canada from Bel­ fast, where his father was .a police officer. On coming to Canada Mr. Ferguson en­ gaged in farming. The work of the peace officer was in his blood. He soon was chief of police in Blyth and later was an officer in the Huron County police force. About twenty-five years ago he came to Exeter, where he has made a host of friends. Lat­ terly he was a member of the provincial police force. Genial by nature, he knew how to give the soft answer that turns away wrath. But while genial and quiet in his manner, he never neglected his duty. He knew his work and did it with a splen­ did mingling of firmness and consideration. He was thorough and painstaking in his in­ vestigations. Lawbreakers knew' better than to attempt to evade him. Exeter and Huron County sincerely mourn the passing of an officer at once so efficient and so kindly. Page Tom Brown We know Tom Brown. He is to be seen out there in the field. He has been there for a number of centuries when things were going tight. He tilled the soil and made it richer by his tilling. We saw him building houses and raising a family. He practiced medicine and sold goods after he had made them himself or had secured them from someone who had made them. He stood shoulder to shoulder with his neighbours when liberty was to be secured or maintained. Wherever there was need Tom Brown was to be found. He could be counted upon to do his bit at any time, in any place, or under any circumstances. He could, and he did, do his own thinking and in the main he thought right. Sometimes he had the delicate hand of the artist that stirred the world into seeing or hearing about the fine and beautiful things of life. But we don’t hear much about him. We hear of him when he is killed by some motorist. Sometimes it is mentioned that he gets married and that, we sometimes say. is the end of him. But Tom is alive, even u- <s?idvr another narut. \V« n* »-d Torn Jbrovn v illt shoes whh stiff s.4t - to ad- mmiWt r stimulating medirine b? Jim-n who if ht is n«»t vocal.He is kept in the cellar or hr is persuaded thatfortL«- IHO-.1 part he roraafs <mlv w■hen he bows from the to -.oitH* loader. And. bt raf.-e In- is l,q o-.t of sight.hi> countrt is k«*pt out of the Wiiiinng.We greutlx m rd T»»m 1’Vt »vs\ Wt* .. . v*r grratly nitd » . . th-i jhatie Hampdi■ jt. Wt n«ti! David fr«-h fro l-.- He? shwpfol d. Wr Ji’ rd Pt hr Ulsd Ju?'o.‘s and John fr froun tlavir nt t sht-ud- inu . WV ut-od Ab:Lincoln v,j’h ld«. hands -b- Lard and hi-i r-'irh n»:.d+- fs’r’js ivdi; -pkoma. Wt H‘-rd Ab-xumb.v Mac- Kh'A h WjHil !«-» d j1 k Orf* ■ ** W aOuLlUt Ch U', :' tV n.TIh-m-Hjh mtn art- lu.f ’low will. pre?? nd to bt doing thr count rr’s j.?;isjnrss lotso prrh nding uldh-He •y art? s5jO#*» ’’’I acctunpli-hnu nL Bags Toru I h'oun. I?d true that: thr strvnigth of th pack vtdf. Irf tin- uplifsers say v.Im!t they “Make It Yourself” Hm: r we heated the water in which we find our feel? That mir feet are in hot water is a dead sure thing. Al! one net ds to do io become aware of this fact is to watch the columns of our papers that tell in cnbimta after column of some person or <f sou'.e group of persons v. ho are wailing c sit a soh-ful “Gimnir. gimme., gimme”. This group seeks a bonus. This group gives tongue for a subsidy. This town wants the government t<» fix up a bridge. That part of the province wails for a mad. That in­ dustry cries for tax exemption. Home peo­ ple with a project moan for someone else to do the work. Have we ourselves to blame for this state of affairs? Have par­ ents provided toys and games for their youngsters instead of seeing to it that the little people make their own fun? Have we gone away over the mark in providing the means whereby every youngster "may be carried to school over the very roads where their forbears have walked to achievement ? It looks very like that we have failed to recognize that children and youth come to their own by their leaders saying to them “You want this or want that? Well, get it yourself. You want this dress or that doll, then make it!” At present we ate up against a solid wall that we ourselves have built. A past generation or two did all that could be done to encourage youngsters in­ stead of saying to them, “Get that done or else!” A Mountie is told “There’s a boot­ legger or a dope, pedlar out there. Bring him in!” The Mountie does the stunt or finds himself outside the force. Boys and girls in schools and universities alike must learn to dance to this stern music or make a bee line for mama’s apron string. The teacher or professor who does not do this for his students should be seeking ijew pastures. The parents who are not making their youngster saw wood and saw it, in its various forms, should have the patrol wagon backing up to their doors with the word “You are not seeing to it that your offspring are getting ready for life’s tough struggle. We are going to do for your ten­ derlings what you have not the backbone to accomplish.” The simple fact is that we have gone soft. If we dont take a cold shower and a turn at the spade oi* the bucksaw and then get to the day’s work till we do some really good sweating, we’ll have someone else running our business and our country. Where work kills its hundreds, the soft and easy and nasty way of doing things has killed its thousands. And this does not mean maybe. We Must Find A Standard Of Value Some little' time ago when the Britisher spoke of the pound sterling, all the busi­ ness world knew precisely what he meant. That pound stood for so much gold. Fur­ ther, the Britisher had the gold for which that pound note stood. When the Britisher was required to produce that gold, he did so. If he bought perfumes in Paris and the Parisian required gold, there fore the Bri­ tisher- could forward the gold. Both the I Englishman and the ‘■Parisian knew just what they were doing, because the pound I had a distinct value in gold. The Britisher’s ! pound sterling was as good as his gold. ’When the war foi* freedom broke, the Bri- I fisher parted with his gold for war supplies ! and for food and for other grim necessities. The United States demanded and obtained the Britisher’s gold and put it away in his I vaults. The Britisher was decidedly limited • in his ability to supply gold for his business ! transactions. And his plight was the plight * of western Europe and of all the business ‘ world with the exception of the United < States, ( bans became rampant in the great- 5 er part of the business world, with the ex- * (‘option of the United States. When the ’ Britisher spoke of the pound sterling the Parisian did not know what the pound was worth because there was no standard of value-, on account of tin* disappearance of I u’old into the United States vaults. What ! was true of the pound sterling was true of coinage of currency of Paris and Home and ! »>f all the capitals of Europe. There was w* common standard. Gradually it dawned <»n the trading people outside Washington . that the old viluv of their money had i shrunk and a new valuation must be j brought about if the business world was to ■ speak a common business language. The (j United States tariff wall lmd made it very i! difficult fur the western nations of Europe | to trade with one another, hence money ' terms must he made to have a meaning that | fitted the new conditions. If the United j States was resolved to practice business ( isolationism because of their tariff walk I the rest of the business world was obliged j to adjust their standard of values accord- I inglv. If the United States refuses to ex- | change her gold for goods it is too bad I but the rest of the world will find a way • to get on without her. though the finding | of the way will be a long task involving | the awful price of blood, sweat and tears. It’s an ill day for the world when econo- j mic competition becomes a cruel economic | war. call it by what fine name we will. j Note and Comment | Will they or will they not be in the | new school at the beginning of the new ? year term. There has been little complaint with the progress that has been made up- to-date. The first keys for the new housing project at the R.C.A.F. station at Centralia were handed out last week. The homes are equipped with electric stoves, electric re- I frigerators, forced heating systems and are insulated, More and more of the homes will be occupied as they are ready. The outside color scheme is unusually attractive. TOWN C o m p a ny a out- Get the Highest Prices for your Poultry One of our Trust Officers will be pleased to answer your questions about trust services or to discuss an eState plan with you at your request. By STANLEY “Well, I made my Will yesterday. Been ” going to do it for a long time but just didn’t get around to it. I named The Cgnada Trust Com­ pany as my executor —not that I’ll have a million or two to be looked after—but what I’ll have will be mighty important to my wife and children. As the trust company has over 45 years’ experience I feel this is a wise move. Sure takes a load off my mind.” 3. W. McLachlan, Trust Officer Dundas at Clarence - London, Ont. 50 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Advocate 1899) - Mr, E. J. Spaekman is having large and atracittve sign paint­ ed on the north wall of his .dry goods store. The work is being done by the Going Advertising Company, London, and .is indeed an artistic piece of designing. The Verity Plow Works ship­ ped fifteen carloads of plows to Australia. A dynamo has been shipped to the address of Mr. Confine, St. Joseph, where he is putting in a number of street lights and sup­ plying the residents with lights. A meeting of the Dashwood football and Atheletie Associa­ tion will be held in the Photo Gallery on .Saturday evening next —Dashwood News. Several of the younger ele­ ment of town made themselves felt Tuesday night and as a re­ sult many gates, signs and buildings came to grief. ■ 15 YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1934) George W, Lawson has recent ly been apointed agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada fir this district. The second car of farm pro­ duce to leave the station for Western relief left here on Sat­ urday morning for Portreeve, Saskatchewan. Work is proceeding on the new red brick residence and ser­ vice station of Mr. E. L. Gibson, Exeter North, on the corner of Main St. and Lake Road. The Young .People of James St. United Church will present their play “Civil Service" Staffa on Tuesday. This will the fourteenth presentation this play. Messrs. E. C. Morse and R. Morse, who for several, years were associated with the Exeter Lumber Company, have moved with their families to Chatham and the latter to Wallaceburg. 25 YEARS AGO (The Exeter Times 1924) Mr. and Mrs. Fred Southcott and family, who have been spend­ ing the summer at Grand Bend, left this week for their home in Venice, California. Mr. C. L. Wilson, who pur­ chased from Mr. William Doug- all Jr., of Hay, the bald-headed eagle captured on the farm of the latter a few months ago, has presented the bird to. the London Zoo. Mr. W. Cutbush last week pur­ chased the house of Mr. Beei* on Simcoe Street. On Tuesday, Messrs. Jack and William Snell, Lloyd Schroeder, William Warejng and W. Geddes,9 left by motor for Bfidodore Bay and Port Elgin on a trapping and huutiu-4 expedition. On Monday. Mr. W. II. Lwk- w<*f»d, whn has purchased the btifeory business of Mr. W. J.-J Statham, took possession. I 1O YEARS AGO (The Times-Advocate 1939) At a public meeting held Wed­ nesday, a society known as the Exeter School Red Cross Unit was formally organized.The new vffrolite front on Mr. S. B. Taylor's jewellry store lias been completed. ■Mr. Nelson Statton, who .oper­ ates a pool room in Exeter, has purchased from Mr. Jos. Senior the building in which the pool room is located. At the convocation of the versify of Western Ontario, day of last week, prizes awards were made to 125 dents. Three Exeter scholars were among the recipients— Borden Sanders received the Albert Jeff­ ery Scholarship No. 1 for second year honor biology; Eileen Lewis received the Brescia Hall stu­ dents’ inter-year scholarship and Alvin Bell, of Bengali, received his B.A. degree. Uni- Fri- and stu- Telephone | During the past four years, I there 1ms been a 68 per cent in- • crease ...I plmnes in - local rail; Symonds, a ger for week in breaking j Transport Commissioners • Canada, according to C. B. Sy­ monds, the company's manager t here. i The proposed increase for in- ; dividual line business service is ■ §1.90 monthly, while the pro- (posed rate for two-party husines service is $1.65 higher than at present. ? It is intended that the pro- i posed rates shall apply to all | standard types of telephones sup­ plied .by the company. A comparison of present hand telephone rates for typical classes of service with Exeter follows: In the number of tele- i service in Exeter, and Is have trebled, C. B. Bell Telephone mdn- this region, said this reviewing the record­ post-war demand for service which has Required the addition of much especially-made and costly equipment. Long dis­ tance calls originating here have risen by 60 per cent in the same period, lie said. There are now 730 telephones in use in Exeter compared with 44o tour years ago. Local calls average 3,566 per d'ay against 1,400, and long- distance calls average over 200 daily or 75 more than in 1945. In order to meet this unpre­ cedented demand for service the j p.B.X. trunk company has continuously Im-1 P.B.X. ext. tele, proved and enlarged its facilities, A sizeable extension was made to the switchboard early this year, and extensive outside construc­ tion, involving cable and wire and pole line, was undertaken last year to provide service in the new housing aeas. In spite of this vast improve­ ment program which has resulted in the addition of 290 telephones in four years, there are still 17 applicants waiting for service here, the manager said. In order to serve those waiting and to improve service between Exeter and Centralia, construction of outside wire and cable is expect­ ed to continue at a high level in order to keep pace with demand. Increases of 45 cent per month for two-party residence telephone service in Exeter and of 65 cents for residence individual lines, are proposed in Bell Telephone’s application for revised rates tiled in Ottawa with The Board of proposed rates Timothy, Red Clover Sweet Clovers and Alsike Highest Cash Prices Paid W. E. Reid PHONE 87W ’ DASHWOOD Riverside Poultry Co. THAMESFORD, ONTARIO Phone Collect 17r9 ICintore, or 80r2 Hensall rt 0J <U £ tn o P. o fa & a> tn « c fa H in FEEDS r MEN WHO KNOW ROE FARMS MILLING^., ATWOOD, ONT. 2.40 2.20 .90 3.05 2.65 1.00 .65 .45 .10 & J. Residence— Individual line , Two-pary line . Extern telephone Business- Individual line ....3.10 Two-party line ,...2.60 Extern telephone ..1.15 3.45 1.35 5.00' 4.25 1.25 7.50 1.25 Until h a ii d telephones are available in quantity sufficient to supply all who desire them subscribers who presently have wall telephones will temporarily pay 35 cents less, and those hav­ ing desk telephones 15 cents less, per month. Loud Distance Rates It is proposed to increase the initial period charge for long distance calls by 5, 10 or 15 cents, depending on the distance involved and on whether station- to-station or person-to-person ser­ vice is requested. Some person- to-person night and -Sunday calls would be Increased by 20 or 25 cents. There are no increases for station-to-station calls between centres less than ten miles -apart. 1.90 1.65 .10 4.05 .10 c. YOU CAN GET ROE FEEDS FROM: A. Traquair, Exeter H. G. Webber, Woodham Tindall, Mooresville H. Kellerman, Dashwood , Milton Dietz, Zurich * GOVERNMENT OF CANADA BONDS Science professor: “What hap­ pens when a body is immersed in water?’* » . Coed: “The telephone rings,” 4x/2% due November t 1959 have been called for payment November lz 1949 These bonds should be presented for redemp­ tion with all coupons of later date attached. No further interest will be paid on these bonds after this date. RB1W