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Everybody’s Business
The Next Step
This high school district has a high
school building that meets the needs of the
district. Nohing lias been omitted in the
way of educational equipment. Every in
terest of the pupils has been considered and
provided for according to the best archi
tectural skill. The next step is a whole
hearted consideration of the use to which
W.ie building is to be put. For this building
was constructed to meet the needs of
community. The needs of the pupils
of course, the first consideration. But
building is to do more than this. It is
tended to serve the life of the community.
We have a fine farming centre. We have a
village where the business life is strong
and progressive. The citizens are eager to
be and to do their best. When the school
is at its best it has a way of bringing lo
the centre it serves the best thoughts and
accomplishments of the brightest men and
women. Why should not all be served, from
this fine building? We have the young
farmers’ organization. Why should not the
best men and women who know farm life
and who know it well be brought to this
centre to give our- citizens the very best of
all that affects our farm life? Why should
not classes be organized to help our youth
in trader and in domestic science ? Canada
is facing a distinctly new era. Only people
with open minds and trained minds will be
able to face these situations with satisfac
tion. Whether we like the thought of it or
not,
We must be prepared to fight or to run,
and brave men do not run. We look to the
men who brought the school building into
existence to take a leading part in showing
us how to make the best use of it. We
look, too, to the various clubs and organ
izations within the school district to let no
grass grow under their feet in the good
work of making this fine building the home
of real instruction and benefit to everyone
who seeks to be master of
and opportunities that
something
number.
of Mr. R. G, Seldon, is doing and has done
work that has won continental and inter
national recognition in making surgery
reach new standards of efficiency and in
robbing the operating room of its pains and
dangers. William Martin, son of a former
minister of Caven Church, was a former
premier of Saskatchewan and is now chief
justice of that province. All honour to our
Exeter boys who have reflected credit on
their parents, their school and their com
munity,
Have you ever felt that you had
reached the "end of your rope”?
Most of us have this experience
at least once in a lifetime perhaps
after working long at a seemingly
impossible task, or finding our
selves in a serious predicament. So
it is a good thing to remember
that we have within ourselves extra
reserves which can carry us through
many a crisis.
There is plenty of evidence to
prove this fact. Countless stories
of heroism reveal the human capa
city to endure unbelievable stress,
hardship and pain, More than one .
victim of a disaster at sea, strug
gling in icy water, felt sure that
he wouldn't survive for five
minutes. Yet many hours later he
was still hanging on and thus lived
to be rescued.
Such endurance may be demon
strated not only in connection with
physical trials, but also those which
are mental and emotional. And if
you can keep hanging on, perhaps
for even just a little while longer,
the success or relief you seek will
be yours!
In short, there is a whole world
of truth in the old saying: "It’s
always darkest just before the
dawn”.
• • •
No family need endure hardship
in the event that its breadwinner
dies. Life insurance puts within
reach of every father the means to
provide for all their needs, as well
as for his own retirement income.
exacting circumstances are upon us.
like
are
bewildering
the problems
coming with
weight and
** *
was a
India
significant
in which the representa-
the leading statesmen of
gathering inThat
Ottawa last week
five of India met
Canada on the occasion of India’s taking
her place as an independent nation. No •
longer does the British sovereign go by the
designation of Emperor of India. India is
altogether on its own. It remains to be
seen if the new status of India is to be for
the welfare of that country or of the world.
Already there has been trouble among the
various portions of that country. Jealousies
and hatreds have shown themselves that
may grow into serious trouble. Already
India realizes that she cannot defend her
self against any powerful nation that may
see fit to attack her. And Russia is that
very nation, India may as well realize that
her future is likely to be that of hewer of
wood and drawer of water to the nation
that seeks to make all other nations the
tool for working out the degradation of
any nation that allows her to control its
affairs. But time will tell. Meddling has
had a long day in India. Britain did a fine
job in giving a large measure of unity and
of peace to India. The theorists were not
content and so the. present move. All of us
hope that it may not prove disastrous.
$ $ *
Well Done!
Another Exeter boy and graduate from
the Exeter High School has done fine work
for humanity. We refer, of coutse, to Dr.
Hugh Creech, son of our neighbours and.
townspeople, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Creech.
Dr. Creech
for a cure,
cancer. Let
outset that
having discovered a procedure fot tlie cure
of cancer. Let no one entertain false hopes
in this regard. What he has discovered is
relief from the workings of this teri'ible
malady. He does not make any profession
that he has a procedure that works decided
relief in all cases. Let there be no false
hopes raised in this connection. What we
are delighted to learn is that a large mea
sure of success has rested, on the efforts of
Dr. Creech in this really wonderful work,
We earnestly hope that he has been a path
finder and that continued effort on his and
his colleague’s behalf will bring still fur
ther beneficient results. He is one of a
noble company of researchers in the in
terest of humanity. His contemporary, an
other Exeter boy, Dr. Harry Seldon, son
n- 'p
The Right Trail
Oxford County farmers were last week
on the right trail as they saw that allow
ances and subsidies and bonuses could not
become a permanent part of farm economy.
Such special gifts from the government are
to be made only in times of grievous emer
gency, such as war and tempest and earth
quake and flood. There has been something
like necessity for continuing those special
gifts after the last world war in order that
farmers, as a class, should have time to ad
just themselves to the conditions. Unfor
tunately, some farmers seemed to be look
ing for those gifts to come to them as
.something inherent in their business. Many
farmers, on the other hand, said plainly
that every tub should rest on its own bot
tom and every man stand on his own feet
and every occupation do its own financing.
It looks as if the farmers have been given
notice that after the middle of the year
they must resume their old time peace con
ditions as far as special gifts from the
government are concerned. A great many
good citizens believe that the grants should
have ceased a considerable time ago. Sym
pathy is felt for the farmers in their eco
nomic conditions but it is clear that it is
not fair for a portion of the citizens to be
taxed for the relief of any class. Problems
are ahead tha,t mean headaches for- .every
citizen but the difficulties are unavoidable
and must be faced. Farmers realize the last
of June is not far off, and are cudgeling
their heads to find a way out.
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Those Weather Extremes
Unprecedented weather conditions have
prevailed throughout Canada during the
last few weeks. British Columbia has had
terrible storms accompanied by extremely
heavy falls of snow and rain. Rivers have
burst their banks, cities have been deprived,
of train service. Snowslides have made
transcontinental travel by train an im
possibility. In Windsor the thermometer
has climbed to heights not reached since
weather records have been kept. In the
maritimes, conditions have been unusually
difficult. In this region the weather has
been mild. The snowfall has be'en unusually
light and no severe storms have visited us.
The almost
humans are
the way of
casting such
men tell us
the origin of storms.
wind bloweth where it listetli but that wo.
cannot tell whence it cometli or whither it
goeth. Earthquakes are beyond our fore
casting or our control. Tidal waves origin
ate and subside without human beings able
to direct them, All of which is humbling
to proud man. There
power that Providence holds in His own
hands. It is just as well for humanity to
these facts into consideration. In the
of an eyelash man’s best plans arc
to shreds and come to something less
nothing. It is idle for anyone to say
nature will not take on a convulsive
That is one of the
weird thing about it is that
unable to help themselves in
preventing or accurately fore
conditions. Our best informed
that they cannot account for
It is still true that
are treasures of
has devoted his life to research
or for relief, for the victims of
it he understood from the very
Dr. Creech makes no claim for
take
wink
torn
than
that
mood in this region,
things we cannot speculate about. We may
be sure, however, that we must take the
bitter with the sweet. The bitter may come
unexpectedly.
Note and Comment
The kindergarten classes are justifying
the h.opes of their promoters. *
Guessing is a poor business at best but
some people are surmising that chicken pie
is on the increase. Will this increase mean
reduction in the
We’ll see . . .
price of beef and pork?
$
a
on
royal
the
welcome to the
occasion of the
Exeter gave
prime minister
formal opening of the Exeter District High
School. Every scholar in the land means
something to the welfare of the common
wealth,
50 YEARS AGO
Mrs. (Rev.) Harrison, of Gran
ton, preached a very interesting
and instructive sermon in the
Methodist Church, Grand Bend,
on Sunday last and the follow
ing Monday afternoon, a meeting
was , called for the purpose of
organizing a Women’s Mission
ary Auxiliary.
We congratulate .Dr. Rollins
on beilig appointed to the War
denship of the County of Huron.
Rev. H obbs of Wingham de
livered an address in the Main
St. Church on Tuesday evening.
The following are the officers
elected at the first meeting of
the Public School Board held in
the town -hall on Wednesday
evening last: C h a i r m a n, P.
Frayne; Treasurer, the Corpora
tion of the Village of Exeter;
Secretary, J. Grigg; Representa
tive to .the Library Board for
term of three years, Dr. Lutz.
a
25 Y<ARS AGO .
Mayor J. A. 'Gregory, of North
Battleford, Sask., was in town in
connection with the winding ,up
of his late father’s estate.
Mr. Roger Northcott, of Hay
Township is in a low
health, suffering from
heart attack.
Mr. and
were called
the . death
mother.
Water is
munity. Some farmers
ing their cattle long distances to
water.
Creamery butter, 41 cents;
eggs, extras, 60 cents; eggs, sec
onds, 35 cents; hogs, selects, 11
cents.
ft ,__________ _
Mrs. W. J.
to London
of Mr. .
scarce in
state ,of
a severe
. He am an
owing to
■Heaman’s
the com-
are driv-
15 YEARS AGO
Congratulations to Reeve Wil-
liam Sweitzer, reeve of Stephen
Township, on his e 1 e c t ito n as Warden of (Huron County.'
'Over eighty persons were pres
ent at the 'business gnen’s banquet
at the Central Hotel on Friday
evening of last week. J. J. Cox,
■the new proprietor of ,the hotel,
provided a very sumptuous re
past.
Chief Norry reports that 26
revolvers have been registered
since the new law came' into ef
fect the first of the year.
Tuckey-West—At the Trivitt
Memorial Church , on Saturday,
Jan. 19, Florence, only daughter
of Mrs. and the late Sydney
West, to Bruce W. Tuckey, son
of Mr. and ‘.Mrs. Chas. Tuckey,
Exeter, by Rev. IM. A. Hunt.
IO YEARS AGO
Mr. Andy Easton, at Hensail,
with his gasoline , truck, found
the highway blocked from that
village to Exeter, and although
only five miles from home, he
retraced his route to Zurich and
the .Blue Water Highway, coming
home by Dashwood, a distance
of 27 miles.
Messrs. Verne Smith .and Reg
inald Taylor last week enlisted
in the R.C.A.S.C. as carpenters.
A Wolf Oub Pack has been
organized in Exeter .in connec
tion with the Boy Scouts and
sponsored by the Lions’ Club.
The Cubmasters are Dr. Cowen
and ®L Sturgis,
ATTENTION FARMERS
WE ARE AGAIN CONTRACTING
FOR THE CANADIAN MALTING CO.
and have modern equipment for unloading.
For full particulars apply at our office or
PHONE 32 HENSALL
W. G. Thompson
. GRAND BEND
Mr. Bert Watson of Kincardine
visited Sunday with Mrs. W. A.
Mollard.
Mt. and Mrs. Bill Baker visit
ed in London over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. ,Glb Statton, of
Sarnia, visited with Mr. Stattoli’s
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Statton.
Mrs. Capes .of JForest is visit
ing Mrs. J. W. Holt at present.
Mr. Richard Hamilton took
suddenly ill in London and is in
tile hospital at present.
Mr. Glen Desjardine visited at
his home here over the week
end. Glen is working in London
at present.
Mr. and Mi's. Albert Morenz
are visiting their daughter in
London for a week or so.
Miss .Bulah Holt, St, Thomas,
was home for .Sunday.
Miss May Skinner visited with
friends in Exeter Saturday.
Mr. Ed. Devine is quite ill,
but slightly improved.
Mr. Jack Reeder of Centralia
visited with Mr. Bill Baker on
Friday.
The fine weather brought quite
a number of vi s i t o r s to the
camp on Sunday.
A women’s division of the
Canadian Legion lias been organ
ised in the town hall witli the
following officers: Pres., Mrs. L.
Rivers; First vice-president, Mrs,
Witherspoon; Second vice-pres.,
Mrs. Finch; Secretary, Mrs. Ke-
on. Aj Toronto lady has been in
vited to install the officers ,on
February 9. We wish them every
success.
A property advertisement in
the Times-Advocate a week ago
has been sold to Mr. Edward
West, of Kincardine, who intends
developing the same for summer
business.
“A funny thing happened to
my mother in Haris.”
"I thought you said you were
born in Ohio,”
OSS
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