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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-12-16, Page 2J THE T1MES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER J6, 1948 Cxeter Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Au Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Maih 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 I Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30th, 1947 * 2,214 SUBfiCRU’TION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 0 Cents Each » PublishersJ, Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16 Has He Hit one a Remedy? Over there in Uncle Sain’s domain they have a novel method of sentencing a juvenile court offender. Now be it known that the. juvenile offender dearly loves to be considered tough, very tough. You can tell that by his swager and his deep fero­ cious growl. He is a redhanded one who is the terror of the “cops”. He scorns all mankind for its weakness. The offender is of the “informed” and does not sleep aright unless he has scared his grand­ mother. Now, the judge referred to does not agree with the offender as regards toughness. He wishes to have the alleged tough realize that he is a mere infant and that he should begin life over again by one day spent as an infant. He must wear diapers. He must take his food from a bot­ tle with a nipple. He must curl up in a baby carriage of some sort and be coddled by a nurse and washed up by a nurse as in the brave days of his very mature most gentleness judge’s that he this, of his real early im- years. He is treated with the ut- but according to the, instructions. The judge reports has no repeaters. A fine stroke, treating an offender according to mentality. That Safety Week Over there in St. Thomas and environs they are having what is known as safety road travel week. The Lions Club and the police are co-operating in this fine work. Not and but We will be done for December at least. The Boy Scouts will be interested. If anyone is seen either walking or driving carelessly, those Boy Scouts will warn him to have a care. Numbers will be taken and reports handed to the police. Traffic is bound to be heavy. Our streets will be crowded with foot pas­ sengers. Why not a special effort to assure not only a lively business in December bid a safe December ? only is the effort to have the streets highways safe for travel for one week the effort in that line is to continue.' are quite sure the Exeter Lions Club take this matter up and do what can Long, Long Ago Elections in Canada are coming to their own. We were becoming accustomed to nice gentle ways in our elections. “We are go­ ing to conduct this campaign as really nice persons/’ candidates have been telling the electors. “We are each starting this con­ test wearing the daintiest white kid. gloves that ever you did see. When the election is over those gloves will be soft and white and delicate,” the electors were informed. Emily Post was to be the authority in the manner of carrying' on discussions. Each candidate was guaranteed to wear the white flower of a blameless life. No one was allowed to enter our election halls un­ less well talcumed and odorous with Flori­ da water. AU this was nice . . . But lately, the ghost of that fine gentleman, the Mar­ quis of Queensbury, has been obstruding it­ self. Nomination meetings have been smack­ ing of the rugged life of the devotees of that benign arbiter of human conduct. Things are being said that would not pass muster in some parlours. Attitudes to the other fellow are taken sensibilities. Days seem when John A. said of would slap his chops could scorch a feather; field called Gladstone rhetorician inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity”; and Daniel O’Con­ nell called Disraeli “that renegade Jew, the heir at law of the inpenitent thief on the cross whose name doubtless was Disraeli”. We had Hot hoped to see the return of tile days when men were men, but our fading eyes may again look upon the real thing in the conduct of political leaders. * * * •* A Warning; Big wigs in Ottawa are hinting that farmers should be canny about marketing their produce as the market for their sur­ plus is likely to be meager. It appears that our farmer friends overseas and across in­ ternational boundaries have been thrifty on grain and livestock production, to say no­ thing of a good many manufactured des. Farmers were told that it would years for Europe to get on her feet culturally and industrially. They have surprised to find that months should been mentioned instead of years. Machin­ ery has been made across the seas and boundary lines that we fondly hoped to that shock delicate to be coming back Strathcona that he quicker than hell and when Beacons- “the sophisticated arti- take agri- bcen have /MtMiStfi lUCIT PJUftgAU JRCUUUC “ASIA FOR THE ASIATICS —Long in The Minneapolis Tribune TIMES" Go By § in and Thurs- Beavers was gold-headed Mrs. won local dairy­ installing a at the local so at on Sunday as of the most successful in choice selections: Harrison, selections # & bag spent with Mr. , returned Robert Southcott make under the shade of the maple. hear no complaints on the part of Cana­ dians though fears are expressed that by some infernal arrangement the goods will bv held back and the prices held up in such a way that that long suffering party, the “ultimate consumer”, may not be able to secure them. It is feared, too, that the principle of “much wants more” pray be kept to the fore. Well, “much may want more” but he is likely to loose all. There will be a jolly row when should “much wants more” start burning or drowning or rotting food and clothing simply because “prices must be kept up”, It’s high time to put the cookies on the. lower shelf. Why not let Britain arid the rest of Europe have our surplus potatoes and apples at a cost that will make the offering attractive ? There is little that can be done with a po­ tato that wants to be bad. “Mair Siller” In a certain Scottish, parish the little, church took up an annual collection aij the church door for the poor of the district. Over the plate an elder presided with .seemly dignity. On the occasion of the col­ lection her Ladyship from the big house always was expected to be present ’and generous. On one such day her Ladyship was more than usually gracious and affable but avoided the collection plate with com­ plete success. At long last the elder ex­ claimed: “Yer leddysliip, we could be da’en wi’ less of yer mainers and mair o’ yer siller.” We wonder if Madame Chiang has heard this story as she is entertained splendidly by the political big wigs Washington. The Farmers and Prices For something like ten good long years and more the business world reminds us of the days when swings with long ropes were the order of the day. One who has had the fun of sitting in the swing while an attendant has twisted ’round and ’round till the last bit of slack rope has been ta­ ken up, and then let loose so he whirled ’round and ’round till the swing stood still from sheer exhaustion of physical power, will no doubt recall the utter dizziness that had overtaken him in the process. So it has been with the farmer in the business world. One thing has followed another with such haste that he simply cannot tell where he is at. Just now, the farmer is bewildered about the markets. Still his prices are very good, to say the least. The big wigs tejj us that the farmer’s market is sure to fall. Well, the prices of other commodities are likely to fall. The farmer is likely to find the economy of the Italian merchant prove true in his own case." What the Italian lost on the “banan”, he made up on the pea­ nut. Some ‘of us lived in the days of low prices only to find that we got along. When dressed pork sold for three dollars and oats for seventeen cents per bushel and potatoes for twenty-five, cents per bag, the farmers kept up their improvements., built roads and constructed their barns and sent their children to school. They had good food and clothing that was conven­ ient. They had their neighbourhood gather­ ings and went to church of a Sunday. They married or were given in marriage. All in all the farmer faces the future with con­ fidence. He is not Running to extremes but is keeping everlastingly at the line of work that feeds his babes and .himself. It takes more than a of the market to give the Canadian farmer anything like the dole­ ful dumps. Because there is a surplus of apples he is not burning down his orchard and because thrifty Britain is not taking as much bacon as usual he is not slaughter­ ing his hogs. & * *❖ Note and Comment With so many re-built fronts rising on Exeter’s main street, one would immagine Exeter had been visited by make-up man. # a Hollywood Merchants are hard to is not quite cold please. The enough, notweather sludgy enough to make a hotcake market for clothes and goloshes, & * to us the other day that singing on street corners & It occurred Christmas carol in the days gone by, has bfeen replaced in this modern age bv the nhcm»nr*'rb public address system, very much in dence in Exeter at least. nnd e l n<J Wer«’a0 . . 50 YEARS AGO (The Advocate, 1908) Mr. Henry Smith, of Hay, and Mr, Thomas Russell, of Usborne, were successful prize winners at the Provincial Fat Stock Show held in Brantford. Master Willie Beer, son ot Mr. James Beer, met with a painful accident last week and is confined to his bed. He was taking in some wood when the pile fell on him and dislocated his shoulder. The anniversary services of the James Street Methodist Church were held last and will go on record one the history of the church. The Rev. George Jackson, a former pastor, occupied the pulpit both m orning and evening and preached two excellent sermons to large congregations. On Mon­ day evening the usual tea was served in the lecture room and one of the largest crowds they have even had was present. Af­ ter the tea a good program was rendered with Rev. Dr. Wil­ loughby acting as chairman. The program consisted of short ad­ dresses by Revs. Salton, Smith, J e w e 11, Ma r t i n, Husser and Waddell; choice selections; re­ citation by Rev. Harrison, of Granton; and violin by Mr. J. Davidson. Miss Robinson, who the millinery season John Hall, Dashwood home. Messrs. Barton Hooper and Ernest Gregory have completed their course at the Model School Clinton. Mas., Bro. Bro, Wor. Wor. V. Wor. Bro. C. H. Sanders; Ty­ ler, Bro, S. Sweet; auditors, Wor. Bro. R. N. Rowe and Wor. Bro. E1. Dignan. Mr. Elmo H. Howey has been successful in passing the junioi* examinations held at the tario College of Pharmacy, ronto. M'r. Charlie Coward, who been in the west for some time, arrived home last week. Bro. H. Bagsliaw, Sr. Wai J. G. Stanbury; Jr. War. G. M. Chidley; Chap., V Bro. M. E. Eacrett; Sec Bro. R. N. Creech; Treas., 15 YEARS AGO (The Tmes-Advocate, 1933) The baking contest, under the auspices of the Exeter Women’s Institute, held in the Town Hall on Wednesday of last week was well attended, with a goodly number of contestants for both cake and bread. The contest was sponsored by the makers of Five Roses Flour. The judge was Mrs. T. P. Ross, of Montreal. ■She gave an address on “The Making of 'Fancy Bread and Bis­ suits”, that proved very interest­ ing nnd instructive. Mrs. M. Pearson, of Brucefield, won the county prize for bread and W. H. Dearing, of Exeter, the county prize for cake. Messrs. Fred Ellerington Alex Stewart left Exeter 25 YEARS AGO (The Times, 1'923) Mr. W. F. Abbott attended the Bee-Keepers’ Association at Toronto Wednesday day of last week. Warden B. W. F. presented with a cane at the December session of the Huron County council. L.O.L. 924 has elected and installed officers for the follow­ ing year as follows: W.M., G. Davis; D.M., Howard Dignan; P.M., W. Lutman; recording sec- , retary, G. MacDonald; financial. by the exemplification of secretary, J. Bradt; treasurer, James Brintnell; chaplain, Rev. James Foote; first committee W Elliott. Lebanon Forest Lodge, A.F. and A.M. held its annual elec­ tion of officers Monday evening with the following results: W. and last week with three car loads of cattle for the old country mer- ket. They sailed for Liverpool. Some sneak thieves entered the barn of Mr, T. Hopcroft, of Dashwood, by prying the steeple out-on Sunday night. and stole six bags of flour. Mr. Wm. Hatter, man, is this week pasteurization plant creamery. Mr. Preston Dearing, of Ste­ phen Township, has a Dorset Horned ewe that carried off the grand championship at both To­ ronto and Guelph livestock shows. He also has a ram which was grand champion at Guelph. He also carried off several other prizes. Monday night was past mas­ ters’ night at Lebanon Forest Lodge No. 133 A.F. and A.M. | The annual election of Officers ; took place and this was followed . by the exemplification of the ' third degree "on two candidates with the former masters of the lodge taking part. 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You get the same wonderful Maxwell House Coffee blend whether in Super­ Vacuum Tin, Glassine-lined Bag or Instant Maxwell House, made instantly in the cup. Evening Service One garage will be Open in Exeter on Sundays and during the evenings throughout the week Open this Sunday and During the Evenings Throughout the Week FORD Oarage r . - PHONE — xeter 4 1O YEARS AGO (The Times-Advdcate, 1938) At the Ken Sobles’ Amateur I Contest at the Patricia Theatre, j London, on Wednesday of last week, Marguerite Hogarth was. successful in winning second prize tor her singing and danc­ ing. She received a camera. Col. George Drew, of Toronto, barrister, soldier >and writer, was elected leader of the Ontario Rrogressive-Conservative party at the two-day Conservative con­ vention held in Toronto Thurs­ day and Friday of last week. Messrs. A. 0. Elliot, J. Willis, J. M. Southcott and Mrs. B. W. F. Beavers, members of the Board of Education, and.. Miss Tape and Mr. Fawcett, of the Exeter High School staff, were at Elmira Thursday of la^t week attending the opening of the new high school there. ’ Cecil Smith had his right arm badly mangled at the turnip waxing plant of S. Winer on Friday morning of last week. Cecil was in the act of putting a 'belt on a revolving pulley when a glove he Was wearing caught and the arm drawn in and carried around the shaft. Both ibohes of the arm broken above the Wrist bone was boken between bow aiid the shoulder. Mr, Cecil Stewart and Miss Gertrude Stewart, and Mr. James Grieve, who have spent the past few weeks in California, returned home this week. Huron Lodge No. 224, Hen- sall, had as its guest Monday evening Mr, Fred J. McLeod, D.D.G.M. of South Huron dist­ rict, who addressed the lodge on “The Progress of Freemasonry”. Wor, Bro. dames Bowey and his officers exemplified the first de-* gree in a ery creditable man­ ner. 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