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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-11-16, Page 2A RACE AGAINST THE ELEMENTS advance, $3.00 .Dorr Bureau r or jRcyumg THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1950 2,329 J. Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1950 TIMES” Go By O' NAME. (PRINT CLEARLY) Annuilioj Branch, 14W I Department of Labour, Ottawa. | Please send me COMPLETE INFORMATION about Canadian Government Annuities,! I .1 I .1 .1 Times Established 1873 Anutlgiuuated November 19S4 Advocate Established 1881 *■ Published Each Thursday Mooning 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 CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March 31, 1950 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $3.30 a year United States, in Single Copies fl'’Cents Each - Publishers Robert Southcott Being Fitted Years ago when times'* were such that some of us could buy a new suit, we had the pleasure of having the tailor adjust ing the new suit to fit our. what Carlyle called, our dandical bodies. Unless the fit ting was well done the new clothes* would look worse and feel -worse than old clothes. When the fitting was well and truly done we strutted about with a pride in our noble selves that felt mighty good to ourselves and with a tilt of the chin and an upward turn to the nose that amused our neigh bours. Exeter at last is to wear the clothes of Some citizens maintain that the not of sufficient growth to wear clothes as outside places such as and London. On the other hand a town, village is the same Goderich some argue unless the citizens of Exeter spunk up and show the real thing in the way of knee action and brain gray matter, the village will look funny in its town clothes outfit, and should return to the knee pants and Little Lord Fontlerovs of her early adolescent times. Some timid souls fear that we cannot get folk well enough grown to fill out the new clothes a town’s outfit of officials require. We have no fears on this subject. We have plenty of men, and, yes. women who would adorn the new suit to be worn by some parties as vet unnamed. When the time comes these good people will be nom inated and elected and supported in their honourable and necessary and duty discharging high places. The men do not grow’ on berry bushes. They* are not stand ing around idly hoping that something will turn up. Like mother Eve they would be wooed, and not unsought, be won. All of us need to be wide awake, very wide awake, indeed, and very much on the alert for such good officers. If the citizens of the municipality brains in this in where the fear to tread.* are not steeping their work, the inferior will rush sensible but timorous souls * * * What We May Confidently Look For About the only thing we may count on with confidence is tile unexpected. The dreadnought has well nigh disappeared from the war navy. Yet the day is not far in the past when empires depended on the strength of these mighty ships. We felt ourselves secure if we had huge stockpiles of coal. Now we are counting our wealth in terms of oil for our ships and for our locomotives* For a while we believed that machine had displaced man power. ..........J no longer cherished. We made the obvious discovery that no ma chine is better than the man who controls it. For a while our military men were go ing on the assumption that the airplane had put military scouting out of business so f ir as war is concerned. Bitter experience has taught us the folly of such a belief. For some time we encouraged our selves to believe that Canada could pro duce unlimited, supplies of bacon and of other forms of meat. Lately we have been humiliated by being unable, to anything like supply the quantities of meat we had con tracted to supply. We destroyed our forests in the fond belief that unlimited supplies of coal were to be had at low cost. Now coal is hard to secure and when the e ml is to be had the price is almost pro hibitive. We talked easily of beini? able to wipe be nightvd heathen nations off the map. At present we are talking seriously of tin* defeat those4 “bvniglitvd” ones may inflict, upon us whenever the notion takes them to do so. Whatever else may lit1 in the future, w may be vnre that then is a long ex perience of uncertainty waiting for u-. Longfellotv’s advice to his fellow Americans is well worth heeding in these confusing days. “Trust no future Howe’er pleasant: Let the dead past bury its dead. Act, act in the living present. Heart within and God o’er head.” * 4 * # Almost Uncanny For a number of days last week world feeling was intense because of the serious situation in Korea. Then followed a cessa tion of hostilities. All the world wondered. At last the secret was out—a few men meeting in Lake Success had ordered the fighting to stop. As long as discussions went forward not a gun was fired. New York and Korea are a long distance apart yet what was done in New York State con trolled issues in Korea. Well might the world wonder. Be it remembered that not for three months the j That belief is after the event did the Scottish people know that Sebastabol had fallen. The news of the issue of the battle of Waterloo was transmitted to London and Paris by the slow method of easily misinterpreted sig nals and the horseback route. Now word goes around the world almost quicker than the lightning’s flash. It keeps men busy to keep up with their own ii * # «- Welcome Exeter has a well deserved reputation for its well kept roads. Lately that reputa tion has been made to shine a little brighter by our village fathers’ action in having the. village roads well gravelled. It would be altogether too bad for the village to go into its town dignities with inferior roads. Then a step in the right direction has been taken by getting needed draining done. Water is better running down the noble Aux Sables than resting in the village cellars. * # News It is cheering to learn that the Exeter Kinsmen Club is down to business in secur ing information about the numbering of the village houses. The streets have been named and their locality indicated by clear ly -worded signs. Why not go a step further and have mail delivery provided for? Any one who has stood in the thin line at the Post Office waiting his turn for ’service at the wicket realizes how great would be the convenience of having mail delivered at one’s door. Scores of old people realize the necessity for this service. We may as well live while we live. ‘Mail delivery at homes and offices is no mere luxury or conven ience but something very like a necessity. * * * * An Eye-Opener In his address to the Ministerial Asso ciation. Mr. McNiven drew attention to an alarming fact* Millions of Chinese learned to read during the last very years. He re minded his listeners that twenty-five thou sand of these people are learning to ‘read every year. Along with learning to read, these people are supplied with no end of Communist literature but with no Bibles and no Christian literature. These people are reading eagerly and swallowing the Communist teaching, hook, line and sinker. Need we be surprised, at the alarming growth of Communism among those people whom we have, taught to read but whom we have not supplied with lit erature inculcating the style of living that we have acquired at such tremendous cost. The Ministerial Association was wise in re commending a thorough canvas of the con stituency it serves in behalf of the branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society in order that aid may be given to the Society in supplying Bibles to those villages and towns that are now the victims of Fom in u nis t i c p ropagan da. fc # ❖ # The Cat Out Of The Bag It is becoming more obvious every day that Russia wishes herself to appear as a martyr and to reap the reward of the martyr while escaping, meanwhile, the pains and the duties of the martyr. Her wish is to make herself appear as the victim of other nations whom she wishes to have ap pear as aggressors against her welfare. While cherishing tins ambition she is do ing everything in her power lo irritate other nations and put them into a position where they have no alternative but to fight for their rights. Should she succeed in her diplomatic nastiness she will say to all nations that she is the friend of peace. It is a dangerous game to play. It is earnestly hoped that the western nations will not be mislead by a policy at once so plausible but so hurtful to the welfare of the race. a # # Exeter Recreational Council Exeter Recreational Council has never been buried but it has long been dead. Con ceived to oversee and organize sports for young and old, the council suffered a slight setback early in life and never recovered. Through its death, Exeter lost a potential means to a well-rounded recreational pro gram for its growth. Enterprising individ uals are trying to perform the functions of this corpse but they sorely need the help of organization. The council is dead but not buried, Is there hope of resurrection or is the spirit of youth lost in a haze of cigarette smoke? Perhaps blood transfusions would bring a flicker of life to this diseased body. * Good ❖ newt wiw the money you put into a Government Annuity! Ask yoUr local Government Annuities Repre sentative, or clip and mail the postage-free coupon below, for full details on the plans available. There’s a pfactical plan to suit even the most modest budget. No medical examination is required* There is no better savings investment open to Canadians than a Government Annuity. ' Annuities Branch DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR MILTON F. GREGG A. MacNAMARA Minister Deputy Minister Mail this coupon today POSTAGE FREE . 50 YEARS AGO Mr, William Balkwill of Exe ter has been working at the Manse at Grand Bend which is now nearly completed. Mr. E. A. Follick has made the purchase of one of the most handsome up-to-date bread wag ons we have yet seen. The inter ior is made so as the driver is not exposed to the weather and the other compartments are most convenient. for carrying supplies of bread, buns etc. The rig was made by Mr. E. Treble and re flects much credit on the builder. The High School department of the Exeter School held a meeting Friday for the purpose of organizing a Literary Society. After some discussion the follow ing officers were elected:—Pres. Wily M i I y a r d; Vice-president, Lillie Robinson; Secretary, Eve lyn Gill; Editor, Hubert Gre gory; organist, Millie Martin; Usher, Vercy Hardy; Question Drawer, Percy Browning. Main Street Methodist choir supplied the musical part of the program at ^xsmith. tea-meeting last night. * 25 YEARS AGO Several of those who went west With the harvesters have returned home this week, among them being Benson Tuckey, Fred Moir, George Moir, Fred Murphy and Ernest McNichoI. Messrs. Luther Penhale, Bert Clark, Richard Welsh and Ulric Snell were at the Ailsa Craig Swamp on Tuesday and returned with 33 rabbits. Mr. Herman Hodgson of Cen tralia broke his WTfst while cranking his car. Mr. G. W. Miners of Usborne Township was again among- successful prize winners at Provincial Winter Fair. the the 15 YEARS AGO The men of Trivitt Memorial Church served a succesfut hot fowl supper to about four-hun dred persons in the Parish Hall nan Wednesday night. Miss Marion Pooley of the Winchelsea school was awarded first prize for hei* essay “How Can Canada Contribute towards World Peace." Miss Pooley re ceived a bronze medal. She was also awarded a silver medal as winner of the zone prize incud- ing several High Schools in this district. Rev. Doctor Peter Bryce of Toronto conducted the anniver sary services of James Street United Church on Sunday last. On Monday evening Rev. Page gave an interesting illustrated travelogue showing pictures of England, Scotland, Belgium and France, all of the pictures were taken by Mr. Page himself. The Exeter Branch of the Canadian Legion are sponsoring a Christmas concert to be put on in Leavitt's Theatre on Monday December the 16. 1O YEARS AGO The chief topic of interest and conversation in Exeter since Sat urday has been the -collapse of the Exeter bridge over the Aux Sable river and the miraculous escape of the driver of a trans port and his companion. The ac cident happened about 4.30 Sat urday morning. A complete new heating sys tem is being installed at the Ev angelical church at Crediton this week. The Exeter Cubs were enter tained on the evening of Hal lowe’en Harvey present royally and Mrs! Cowen. Mr. John Vidt of the Exeter Frozen Foods returned Saturday after attending a tliree-day con vention of the National Frozen Food association which met in Chicago. Rev. Harold Swan, a returned missionary from Trinidad and a former resident of this commun ity addressed an open meeting of St. James Sunday School on Sunday afternoon last* ADDRESS . by the Cubmaster Dr. Cowen. The Cubs were in costume and were entertained by the Dr. ■ ffl. Neighboring News a a a ing in the field the same day the j same day the accident occured. | The Young man was found by his father, Moore Kells, a few minutes after he had been tram pled-■ (Mitchell Advocate) I East Williams Voters j Turn Down New School East Williams voters, by the narrowest of margins, defeated the bylaxv which would have giv en them a new modern school. The vote was 106 against and for, out of a total of 2C7 ell- i gible voters. Several ballots were * t , j rejected. Three of these marked ained by prying I ••for” instead of with an X in the baggage j would have made the vote a tie. Interest ran high as the ap proximately 80% vote would verify. There was a last minute rush to get people listed as own ers or joint owners, so that they would have a vote. So tar a de mand for a recount has not been made. Thieves Burst Dublin Safe Thieves who forced a window and a dooy of the Canadian Na tional Railways station Dublin, carted a inn-pound safe three miles and then labored to .open it with a stolen axe, over the week-end, were disappointed, the steel strong box contained no money, only tickets and tar seals. The safe was found Monday I morning lying on the margin of 1 a sideroad three miles northwest j of Dublin by a Dublin district; farmer, Louis Bruxer. The tliie-i ves had scorned to take the tick- ’ ets and the car seals. Entry was gs" open a window in the baggage| room. The floor between the bag- j gage room and . ticket office where the safe was kept was forced. In ; the maraud© fined themselves to essentials of damage Oehm, station agent, (Huron all their operations, •rs considerately cou th© bare said Nor- Expositor) Local Young Man Sustains Rack Injury —Attacked By Bull Keith Kells, trampled a couple of weeks? ago by a young bull as he was burning some rubbish in a field near his home, will be going about with a cast the full length of his spine for the next four months, X-ray last week in Stratford Hospital revealing a jack-knifed vertabra, which see- ’ med to cause no undue trouble 1 at first. He returned from hos- Ipital Monday night. The animal was quiet, as a rule, and children had been play- (Rarkhil Gazette) Nurses Graduate The culmination of three years of intensive training in prepara tion for the practice of their pro fession, took place at appropri ate ceremonies in Wesley-Willis United Church. Clinton, Thurs day evening last when three young ladies graduated as nurs es from Clinton Public Hospital. There was a large attendance pf friends. They were: Miss Mary Steckle, Zurich; Miss Stella McAdam, Northern Ireland; and Miss Maty Basler, Hamilton. (Clinton News-Record) Your Car Needs a Cold' Treatment “Cold Shots” for your car make w inter driving smoother* and more enjoy able. Our “treatment” in cludes bumper - to - bumper change-over and check-up services: winter-weight oils greases; antifreeze and* cooling system flush out; motor tune-up, battery and ignition system checkup. Let us give vour car a “cold treatment”. ONE STOP DOES IT! South End Service RUSS & CHUCK SNELL Exeter Phone 328 0 a. •» We Want Your 0 cn >C ’ O a V tn C o I WEIGHT AT YOUR DOOR Hensall 680-r-2 - Phone - lT-r-9 Kintore RIVERSIDE POULTRY CO. ISYTO to DEL1GHTFUIL TO 1MO