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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-10-12, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSPAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1950 Oje Cxeter Wine£=£lbbocatc Elsies Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Authorised as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the 0WNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March 31, 1950 — SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies fl Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott » Publishers Robert Southcott, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, |950 Where’s The Money Going? Canadians are generous in their atti­ tude to governments. Just now the- Korean situation is calling for large sums of money if the war is to be prosecuted with vigour and success. Canadians are the last people to starve this critical undertaking, At the same time they have a right to know how their money is being used. We are not a nation of cheese parers. Still less are we a people who care to see their hard-earned dollars poured into coffers that do not give a proper return for every dollar spent. No matter how highly we esteem a govern­ ment we wish that government to carry on its business in the interest of the Canadian people. The last penny should be accounted for. For many a moon before the Korean war broke on us, Canadians were spending enormous sums on defence. Unless all re­ ports are true too little was said about how these sums were spent. When the trouble emerged, the government told us that we were not in a position to back up our ob­ ligations to the United Nations. We were all too near being in the position of beg­ ging where when we should have been quite prepared to strike at once and to strike hard and adequately. Is Canada expending her treasure more effectively now than she was three years ago ? What is being done ? Does the government refuse to answer? • * * * * That First-Rate Friend A first-rate friend is a dollar or two. Only those who have been down below their last quarter know how that friend is. Yet that first-rate friend is being, and has been, abominably abused these last few years. This sturdy old friend has hung our signs to a great many people telling them to slow down. Despite his red light folk have sped right on till the last dollar has disappeared. The good old, confidence­ giving dollar or two reluctantly has taken his departure. Then things begin to hap­ pen. The account collector calls with his polite but firm word about getting finances straightened up. The bank manager’s smile changes to that “not interested” look. Neighbours would be as well pleased if the one who has lost his dollar or two would stay away. The gay people who were so glad to see one with the dollar or two, •forget to say a pleasant good evening. The clothes get shabby. All sorts of things go wrong here and there. In fact the day one offended the dollar or two friend one start­ ed for Skid Hollow and found that all the skids seemed greased for the occasion. Municipalities have been in this state. They boomed their municipality to the point where they lost their dollar or two. Then came the day when the bank manager said something like “head office won’t let us advance any more funds”. Then followed that lonely feeling. The "Go-ahead fellows” proved to be windbags and will-o-wisps. Some business men have been dosed with the progressive feeling to the point where they have their friend, a dollar* or two, ab­ sorbed by lights and fixtures and all the rest of it. But they find in the end that the hank manager smiles most charmingly when the business man with a dollar or two ap­ proaches his desk, What ever changes one makes should curry the favour of this first- rate friend, a dollar or two. In A Dangerous Mood Never in her long history was Russia tnore dangerous to the peace of the world than she is this minute. Iler present method <of procedure is to pose as the friend of peace. Peace she. talks about but it is the peace of the bear’s den. She is talking ever so sweetly about peace for Korea. Yet she. more than any other nation, is responsible for the present war. Had the Northern Koreans not leaned on her, they never would have sent their soldiers into the part of Korea that in no way belonged to them. She talks of giving free government and independence to the whole of Korea, but the. freedom is of the Soviet brand and the independence promised is complete depend­ ence upon the Kremlin for the last bite they cat and for the. last garment they wear. She sings wooing lullaby songs about ail the nations withdrawing their armies from Korea, thus leaving the Koreans free. Free, to be sure, but free to do but one thing, to put their necks into the Russian yoke. Already the bear is moving in its in­ direct way upon India, for India is her ob­ jective in southern Asia, As usual the world is told of Russia’s good intentions for India. But the old venom is there, India with all her wealth is sought by Russia for a mere satellite state. Amid all this eace talk we note the poison of her venomous philan­ thropy. Peace, for Russia, means one thing. To civilized people it means quite another thing. Peace, in the mouth of the Russian, simply means the peace found only where all freedom has vanished and aspiration is dead. It means the most tyrannical domina­ tion of the people by a few wjio long ago seared their conscience and stiffled all right feeling. Let no one be deceived. Rus­ sia’s tongue never was more deeply hidden in her cheek than when she talks about liberating the, world and bringing quiet and abundance to all. Oil Is King Alberta is now sitting well on top of the Canadian world. Premier Manning is talked of as being statesman of the first rank among Canadian political leaders. Yet it is not so long ago that Alberta was looked upon as a poor* relation among the Canadian provinces. Her bonds were looked upon as being of doubtful value. Coupons for her bonds were not in demand by any manner of means. Today some of us wish that we had a goodly sheaf of those once despised articles. Mr. Manning was thought of as something of a religious fanatic and not to be looked to as anything like a safe guide in important matters of any sort. Now that is all changed. He is sought for everywhere. Indeed, some enthusiastic admirer’s have him slated to be the leader of one of the major political parties of the Dominion. The discovery of oil in world astonishing quantities has had a great deal to do with the change in Alberta’s* financial situation. No one cares even to guess at the wealth oil is capable of bringing to the province. It is right here that Premier Manning has shown his greatness as a public man. He has the oil situation well in hand. On the one hand he is not stifling the develop­ ment of the oil industry. By devising sound laws and administering them wisely the oil discoverers are encouraged to go ahead with their work realizing that the govern­ ment of the province is their friend and that stability of administration will protect them in their reasonable ventures. The province is securing a good revenue from the oil but not in such amounts as to choke industry. Oil is coming to be one of Canada’s financial kings. Its development will save Canada’s cash for Canadians to the tune of $150,000,000 per year, a tidy sum in itself. More important still is the energy this oil will furnish Canadian travel and manufacturing. Aviation will be boosted. Now that oil heating is coming into general use all over America, a hearty welcome will be given to those streams of oil no w flowing from the wells t0 head of the Great Lakes. Chemist’s may be depended upon to make good use of the waste product from the oil as they did of the waste from manufactured coal tar. Better, still, every high school and university will be stimulated to look for better things right under our feet. It must be remembered that great tribes of Indians roamed those fields of Alberta little realiz­ ing the wealth under those green prairies, while settlers had no notion that their har­ vest fields had a wealth beneath them com­ pared with which their golden wheat har­ vest was but a drop in the Saskatchewan River, Oil is king! May he lead the way to the fulfilment of Sir Wilfred Laurier’s prophecy that the twentieth century belongs to Canada. Note and Comment “Car Strikes Cattle Herd Early Sunday Morning”- T-A headline. And you could probably spell “herd" with an "’a”. SJ* i-s “When a girl remains single, it is some­ times fate, and sometimes it is fate without the final ’e’.”—Toronto Star, Which is due, no doubt, to fate without the first T, Along with the bad season the farmers have found it difficult to get their thresh­ ing done. So far the grain has not rotted and will make fairly good farm feed. It is to be hoped that there will be a good sea­ son for bean harvesting. Corn harvesting soon will be well on the way. Farmers are finding that they need to put their best foot forward to get the best out of the catchy harvesting season. HEAVY, HEAVY-! , What’ William could listen in on the world's baseball series. Yet telephone service is one of the smallest items in your family budget. And at the same time your telephone brings twice as many telephone users within your reach as it did ten years ago. Today, as always, your telephone is big value. JTHE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA|JM)| The smile of a shut-in tvho knows you haven’t forgotten... The rush of fire-trucks answering a frantic call..." The daily ordering of food for the family meal... The friendly chat, the urgent reminder, the important business decision.,. IT’S HARD TO MEASURE THE TRUE VALUE OF ALL THE THINGS TOUR TELEPHONE DOES FOR YOU. 50 YEARS AGO Mr. John Mailing has moved his butcher business to the pre­ mises recently vacated by Mr. L. Day. The 111-61111863 vacated' by Mr. Maning is to be moved away and Messrs. Dikson and Carling will at once commence ,the erec­ tion of a new law office. Mrs. Jas. Cobbledick attended the Womans’ Missionary Society Meeting of the London Branch at Aylmer this week. We understand that work is to commence on the Mammoth block at St. Joseph immediately. N. M. Confine has purchased several acres of bush from Mr. William Schatz of the 14th con­ cession and is going to gang of men to work logs immediately. Mr. of St. Catherines is here sent and intends to build Foundry and Machine Shop. /c t]-^' --------- 25 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. James Sweet celebrated their 65 th wedding anniversary on Friday last. Both are enjoying fairy good health. Mr. Sweet chopped some wood during the day while Mrs. Sweet was busy about .her household duties. Mr. J. M. Harvey, o Mr, ad Mrs. J. S. start a cutting Guyatte at pre- a large B. A., son Harvey of town has been appointed to a fellowship on the staff of the Toronto Univesity. William Carey Davis, one of Hensall’s pioneer merchants died early Sunday morning. The West Huron Teachers As­ sociation met in Exeter Thurs­ day and Friday of last week and severely criticized history, arith­ metic and speller text books. It also endorsed total prohibition. The Crediton Baseball club in­ stalled a radio Monday in the home of William Motz so ■ ■ M 15 YEARS AGO Three candidates will contest the Huron Perth riding in the forthcomming Federal election. The candidates are William H. Golding Seaforth Liberal, Frank Donnelly of Goderich Conserv­ ative and Robert J. McMillan of Seaforth Independant Reconstruc­ tion. As we go to press a large number of .people are gathering to hear the Hon. H. H. Stevens, Party address a meeting in the Town Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kerr, Cred­ iton have returned home from Wiarton where they report having a very successful trip shooting wild ducks and catching lake trout, Mr. Kerr is entertaining his staff .to a game dinner to­ night. Allison—Rowe—In Exeter on Saturday October 5 at the home of her parents Miss Mildred sMay daughter of MT. and Mrs. H. T. Rowe .to Mr. William C. Allison son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Allison of A. the Thames Road, by Rev. Page. 1O YEARS AGO With a . government survey gang at work in Stephen Town­ ship reports are that an air field in connection with the British Commonwealth Air training plan is a possibility. For the first time in many years Zurich Fair was rianed out Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Howard. Johns, Mr. and Mrs. -Gilbert Johns of Elimville returned from their honeymoon and are getting set­ tled down to the stern realities as of married life. Neighboring News Shoot Rare Bird A.turkey buzzard last Friday by Alvin forth, assisted by Harold Arm­ strong, on the second concession of Tuckersmith, in the vicinity of the farm of S. H. Whitmore. The wing span of the bird mea­ sured six feet from tip to tip. It was dark in color, white un­ der the wings, with turkey-like legs; the head was covered with greyish-white fuzz, while it had a hooked beak and quite notice­ able ear marks. The turkey buz­ zard is a comparatively rare bird in this district. Fresh Raspberries In October The raspberry season is ex­ tending much later into the fall than is the custom according... to John L. Malone, R. .R. 5, Seh- fortli. The first of the week Mr. Mal­ one proudly displayed a branch which he had picked from Ills garden. The leaves were still quite green, and some of the berries had not yet ripened. Huron Expositor ,was shot Pryce, Sea- l Emergency Test Members of the Clinton Emer­ gency Corps, under the leader­ ship of Alex Velleman, R.C.A.F. Station, Clinton Emergency Co­ ordinator of the American Radio Relay League, will conduct a Simulated Emergancy Test on October 15 with the view of per­ fecting a community plan to pro­ vide Clinton and Goderich and their respective areas with com­ munication facilities in the eveiit that a disaster might damage or incapacitate all local communi­ cation channels, The local ARRL Emergency Corps (AEG) is a group pf ama­ teur radio operators who have volunteered their time and radio stations to the end that Clinton and Goderich will never find themselves isolated from the out­ side world as a result of failure of telephone and telegraph lines. Recent disasters in which the AEG in this area have played an important part are: (1) The Winnipeg flood: and 12) the rail strike. In both these emergen­ cies, local amatures passed mes­ sages to all parts of the country and recieved and relayed replies back to originators. During the Winnipeg disaster, about messages for the Winnipeg Were handled. During the strike, some 300 messages passed. Called To Bar Among the .young lawyers pre­ sented to Chief Justice R. S. Rob­ ertson and called within the bar at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, on Friday last, were four from God­ erich: Richard F. Donnelly, son of Frank Donnelly, K.C., and Mrs. Donnelly; Miss Lillian Ir­ win, daugher of Mr, and Mrs. E. Irwin, Waterloo street; William M. Brest, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Brest, and Joseph M. Friddle son of .Mrs. Pearl Frid- dle and the late Mr. Friddle. Miss Irwin is the first woman from this town who has entered the legal profession. Goderich Signal-Star High School News This week the “green grass" of Seaforth High was initiated by the student body. The girls had to wear their sweaters in­ side out, back to the front, make-up on one side pf the face only, hat and gloves. They are to address all students above them as "sir" und“madam". The boys had ,to wear shirts inside out, back to front and their full name pinned on the front of them, they also wore gloves. Seaforth News 200 area rail were Clinton News-Record IC vou ARB WAITING TUK A NEGLECT CAN BE TRAGIC! This poor man forgot to insure his home , , . and now it’s going up in smoke! Don’t be like this poor fellow and wait until fire comes-—act NOW and be prepared for any emergency. Carry adequate and re­ liable fire insurance, so that, should your home be destroyed by fire, you’ll have the dollars to restore it. Stop in today and discuss your needs with us. Phone: Office 24 Res. 162-J Bur safe new tires save you this wee before you go. Best get them now. South Erid Service Russ and Chuck Snell, Props. EXETER, ONT. MION$* 328-W