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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-02-03, Page 1EXETER TIMES, ESTABLISHED 1873 | AMALGAMATED EXJHTBR ADVOCATE, ESTABLISHED 1887/DECEMBER lit, 1814 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3rd, 1927.JWTWOUBTS XBAB. NO. T lit ■SBj SPRING CURTAINS 9 **a Our stock of Curtain Materials for Spring is nearly complete. We have a very large range to select from in nets, marquisettes, madras, panel effects etc., by the yd, made up panels and frilled ! DEATH OF JAMES JECKELL ..... U4. UJUW I Friends throughout this coinmun- municipal council convened in the 1, y were <leeiOy grieved on Friday Town Hall with all members present, ilast learu of the sudden death of The menfinff tn c.oxj.ir.n one of our most esteeined residents- in the person of Mr, James Jeckell which took place at Youngstown, Ohio, while on a visit to re-latives. The news came as a great shock as Mr. Jeckell was apparently in the best of health. In company with his brother, Mr. Allan Jeckell, of Yukon and his sisters, Mrs. Howe and Miss L. M, Jeckell, he left Wednesday to visit at Youngstown. They spent Wednesday evening viewing the sights of Niagara Falls and Thurs­ day evening they arrived at their destination. They were at tho sta­ tion receiving th© greetings of friends when Mr. Jeckell . without He was rushed EXETBR COUNCIL An adjourned meeting of the SALE -jSSS % 4 « curtains. Prices reasonable. . Over Curtain Material^ and Draperies in all the newest materials and. colorings, many of them guaranteed fast colors. SPECIAL^—2 dozen frilled curtains, very nice quality, suitable for bedrooms, etc. Extra special this month at 95c. a pair. 15 per cent, off Ladies’ Crepe Dresses For the balance of January only we are offering 15 per cent, off all oux* ladies’ and Misses’ Silk Crepe Dresses in bright colors also navy and black. The meeting to Consider applications for the position awgsor for 1927, The following applications were re­ ceived and read?: Richard Welsh, J, R. Wilson, Frank Wood, A. Burden, John Chambers,’J. H. Greive, W. J, Carling, W. H.1 Harness, Richard Hunter. •;. Motion per Coultis and Gillespie: That Mr. Richard Welsh be appoint­ed. Carried. | ‘ Per Davis and^CiHespie; That this meeting consider printing tenders as submitted. Carried. The following tenders were open-1 ed and- read: Times-Advocate, The Wickwire Print shop. . ----- ----Motion of Couitis and Davis: That warning collapsed. .................„ the tender of the Exeter Times-Ad- 10s^al expired on the vocate be accepted. Carried. ..... ...... * I Per Davis and Gillespie: That the 'i}iaAj xeve, Fire Chief Weekes and Cant, .Reeve, Fire Chief Weekes and Capt. E. Treble visit London and inspect a motor fire truck on sale at the London Fire Department and if in their judgment suitable for the muni­ cipal needs to place a tender there­ for. * Carried. The meeting was adjourned by Councillor Coultis. Jos. Senior,Clerk — of — BUTTER MILK Butter Milk of WincheigeaThe Butter Milk of Wincheigea Creamery will bo sold by auction at winciielse'a creamery — on -—- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1027 at two o’clock A quantity of Blatchford'S Calf Meal will also bo offered for sale. TERMS—Stated at time of sale. FRANK TAYLOR, Auctioneer EXETER CREAMERY CO., Limited We Can Help Yon to See Better Our method of testing is most com* plete and: our prices moderate, of­ fice hours 9.30 to 12 a.m, and 1.30 to 5 p.m, * Evening by appointment S. FITTON Phone 75w. OPTOMETRIST, HOUSE SOLD Mr. J. L. Lewis has sold hifl i’esN dence oxi John St. to Mrs. Mary Gil­ lard, of Stratford, who gats posses­ sion May 1st, Price $5,000. Mrs. Gillard is a sister of Mrs. Samuel Ross, of town. Mrs. Gilliard, Mrs. Ross and theii* brother, Mr. Wm. Towers are in Stratford at present. Cotton Staple Specials 3 6 inch Comforter Chintz brand new patterns very special value at 25c. a yard. 40 nch and 42 inch circular pillow cotton at 35c. a yard. 31 inch and 35 inch heavy white English Flannelette at 27 and 29c. Flannelette Blankets large size Gigantic Brand grey or white with borders at $2.45 a pair. I . 22 inch pure linen dish towelling this week at 5 yards'for a $1.00 Extra quality all linen unbleached table linen at 98c. a yard. LADIES’ “Adjusto” Galoshes Clearing at $2.95 pf. WE OFFER THE BALANCE OF OUR LADIES’ “ADJUSTO” GA­ LOSHES REGULARLY $3.50'A PAIR "FOR $2.95 A PAIR. * Men’s Winter Overcoats at $10 ea. • 12 COATS^JSIZES r30-TG^ OF 'GREY, A .WON- REDFUL BARGAIN @ §10.00 Men’s Navy Overcoats at $15 * 7 OVERCOATS, SIZES 37 TO 42, LATEST STYLE, NAVY COATS > GUARANTEED' ALL WOOL, JUST 7 LEFT AT §15.00 EACH, New Wall Papers Ask to see our new Wall-Papers. We carry,.the Ready-Trimmed 22 inch papers. They are easy to hang, they save time, are no dearei* then the un-trimmed papers, and have a trememdous range of patterns. PHONE 3? : ■ L X*. — Your Stoc Poulti Royal Purple Stock Specific HORSES, CATTLE AND PIGS in 60c. and §1.75 packages WORM POWDERS 60c. COUGH POWDERS ..............60c. k and ry Need It Royal Purple Poultry Specific for POULTRY in 60c. and §1.75 packages ROUP CURE ............. 35 and 60c. Royal Purple Disinfectant .... 60c. SULPHUR, SALTS & SALT PETRE HORSE CLIPPERS ............. §2.00 HORSE SINGERS .....................45c. OYSTER SHELL, GRIT, AND BEEF SCRAP STABLE BROOM ............. 75c. STABLE SHOVELS .............. 70e. Hockey Sticks ....... 15c. up Hockey Pucks”''............. 15 and 25c Shin Pads ........... §1.35 and §1.75 Prof. Ankle Supports ......... §1.00 AUTOMOBILE SKATES FROM §1.50 UP H’Cross Cut Saws 1 B’ack Diamond guar. $6.50 ■j Racer and Lance guar. $8.00 Samson Axes guAr. $2.00 “444” Axes guar. $1.70 Handled Axes $1.50 i 1 Tinsmithing and Plumbing . Heaman’s Hardware & Pamt Store CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cooper desire Ao express their sincere- thanks to -the many friends a.nd neighbors for their kindness and sympathy expres­ sed during their recent bereavement .’of her brother, Samuel Brock. < (Trd OF thanks The brothers and sister of the late Mr James Jeckell desire to extend ■ their sincere thanks to the many 'friends who tendered their sym­ pathy and assistance during their -.great bereavement. DEATHS McFALLS—At Lucan, on Sunday, January 3 0, James McCalls, in his 6 Oth year. JECKELL—In Youngstown, Ohio, oh January 27th, 1927, James Jeckell, in his 61st year. JOHNSTON—In Hensall, on Wed­ nesday, January 26th, John John­ ston, in his 84th year, BOULTER*—In Exeter on January 23rd, the infant daughter of Mr. find Mrs, Bort. Boulter. / TAYLOR—feTEINHAGEN A quiet wedding took place at the James St. United parsonage on Sat­ urday afternoon at foui* o'clock, when Miss Arnetta Helen Steinliag- en, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Steinliagen, of. Dashwood, was unit­ ed in marriage to Mr. Reggie’Taylor, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, of town. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor left on the evening train for a short honeymoon, returning Mon­ day.‘evening. HORSES AND CATTLE PERISH WHEN BARNS BURN 'Mr. Art Willert, of Stephen Tp,., whose farm 'is lust north of Khiva suffered a serious loss early Wed­ nesday morning when his barn, live stock and implements were destroy­ ed by fire. . Mr. Willert had been to the barn about eleven o’clock but had| noticed nothing unusual. I-Ie was awakened in,, the early morning by neighbors who bad discovered that his barns were a mass of flames. Little could be fldne to save any of- the. liyestqck.jimppg tlie animals that”p©rished were five horses, 3 8 head of cattle, 15. pigs, chickens, ducks and geese. An im­ plement shed close by together with all the implements excepting a set of sleighs," were destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown. A small insurance was on the buildings way. Regret was expressed on every 'lia^d as the news of his death clrcu- I throughout the community, -Words of appreciation of the splexi- did character of the deceased were freely expressed. He was of a quiet unassuming disposition and was be­ loved by a wide circle of friends. The deceased was born on the Jeckell homestead a mile and a quarter north of town where he re­ sided until he moved to Exeter in 1922. When he left the farm he was serving as a councillor for the Township of Usborne. For years lie has been a director of the Exetei* Agricultural Society and this year was elected president. The deceas­ ed was a son of the late Wm. Jeckell, wjio passed away in 1900, while his mother predeceased him in 1919. He was in his 61st year. He is surviv­ ed by foui* brothers and four sisters, Mrs. Howe, of Toronto; William and Charles, of Youngstown; Mrs. Ade­ laide Fairly, of Vancouver; Mrs. Rogers, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Roden, of California; Allan, of Yukon and Miss Laura M' at home. The re­ mains were brought to Exeter and the fundral Monday afternoon was held from Caven Presbyterian church of which the deceased was an elder. The service was conducted by Rev. Jas. Foote who paid warm and lav­ ing tribute to the character of -the deceased. The church was filled. The pall-bearers were Jos.. Senior, r. J. G. Stanbury, Hy. Christie and Tho’s. William, Charles and Mrs. Howe and Miss accompanied the re- Township of Usborne. For years R. G. Seldon, Strang, E. J. Pryde. Messrs. Allan Jeckell, Laura Jeckell__ __ ____ _ AC_ mains home from Youngstown, while Plan ’to attend the progressive crokinole party of the Women’s In­ stitute in the Town Hall, Friday, February 11th at 8 p.m. Prizes giv­ en. 50 c. a couple. Refreshments. The Exeter public School report is being held over until” next week. Mr. Thos. Acheson has received word Of the death of an old Exeter Boy in the person of Wm. Patch, who died- recently in the city of Gliicago after a lengthy illness. He was born in 1854 and went to the States over fifty years ago where he began «the manufacture of furniture with the late Mr. Balkwill and de­ veloped a most successful business in the making of high-class furni­ ture. „ Mr. Dudley Holmes, K.C., of Wing­ ham, has been appointed crown at­ torney and clerk of the peace for Huron County, succeeding C. Seager K.C., who has retired and Robert Johnston, of Lucknow, will succeed Dan McDonald as local registrar and clerk of the county court for Huron. «*A previous announcement stated that J. J. Merner was slated fox* the posi­ tion. -«*3’ MARRIAGES STREET—JOHNS—In Hamilton, on1 January 3rd, by Rev. F. W. H01- linrake, 21 Rosslyn Ave., Mr. Wm. L. Street, of Bartonville to Miss Amy E. Johns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Johns, of Exeter. CANN—MCCULLAGH — At Thames Road Manse, on Wednesday, Jan­ uary 26th, Miss Mary Isabelle Mc- Cullagli, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. John McCullagh, to Mr. Robert Alvin Cann, son of Mr, and Mrs. John Cann, all of Usborne, by Rev. G. M. Ohidley. . TAYLOR—STEINHAGEN — At the James St. United parsonage, on January 26th, Miss Arnetta Helen Steinhagon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Steinliagen, of Dash­ wood, to Mr. Reggie Taylor, (.own, by Rev. D. MoTavish, of BIRTHS BOULTER—In Exeter, on January 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. Bort Boul­ ter, a daughter. SCHROEDER—In Dashwood, on January 29th, to Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Schroeder, Town Line, a son, ■. A meeting to discuss details and'To organize this new marketing system for the district will be held at 7, 1927 The Town Hall, Exeter AT 8:00 O’CLOCK P.M. MONDAY, FEBRUARY SPEAKERS:—H. A. Gilroy, President of the United Farmers’ Co-operative Co., J. J. Morrison, Secretary of the United Farmers of Ontario and others. All interested in farming and every member of the family invited The United Farmers’ Co-operative Co., Ltd. TORONTO We have moved our equipment from the Ford Garage to the property formerly owned by Wm. Ward, Implement dealer. Opposite the Public Library ,-----.Avrtuu L1M1U X U WUftOlU W 11, -W1U.1B .Others .4 ,npm <a .distance, who attend** > ed the funeral were Mr.' and Mrs.' Gordon P. Howe, Frank Jeckell and Miss Margaret Brown, all of Toronto and M£ Herbert Rogers, of Ann Ar­ bor, Mich. FATALITY NEAR LUCAN William Gilmour, of Clandeboye, seriously injured when a passenger bus plying between Lucan and Clan­ deboye station overturned about a mile from Lucan, Monday night, died in a private hospital at Lucan Tues­ day morning. Mr. Gilmour, who conducted a chopping mill at C’an- deboye, was a passengei* on the bus operated by J. Walter Hodgins, mail | carrier. While making the return trip to Lucan, a bolt worked loose from the wliiffletrees, which, strik­ ing the horses on the heels, caused them to break into a run^ The rig, a closed-in cab on runners, with the driver’s seat high in front, swerved round and turned over, throwing Mr Hodgins and Mr. Gilmour, who was sitting with him, to the hard, frozen ground. The latter received a .gash in the head and was rendered un­ conscious, while Mr. Hodgins had . his knee badly hurt and was consid­ erably shaken up. Word was received in Exeter Mon­ day of the death of Mrs. Mary Haist, of Marlette, Mich. Mrs. Haist spent most of last summer visiting in Ex­ eter. She was in her 72nd yeai* and leaves a’family of one daughter and two son, all married. Her maiden name was Mary Ann Dearing. Five sisters and foui- brothers survive, Mrs. Wm. Cornish, of Kingston, Mich.; Mrs. Hy.- Prouse, Marlette, Mich; Mrs. Chas. Isaac, London; Mrs. S. Litchfield, Detroit; Mrs. P. Webber, Exeter; John Dearing, of Flint, Mich.; W. H. of Exeter; Jas., of London, and Wesley, of Stephen. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES A BIG SUCCESS The Exeter High School Commen­ cement exercises held in the school room of the Main St. United church on Friday evening last were a decid­ ed success, tho room being filled with students, parents and friends. The occasion is one of the red letter nights foi* • the scholars and every­ one seemed to enjoy the- occasion. Mr. R. N. Creech, chairman of the Board of Education, presided in a very able manner. A’ splendid pro­ gram under the direction of Mr. W. R. Goulding was carried out- and consisted ©f choruses by tho Glee Chtb; piano solos by Miss M. Hunt-1 er, H. McClymont. Miss M. O’Brien, Miss A. Tiemaix; vocal solos by Miss ' J. Passmore, F. Faist, N. Geiger; i ’ piano duets by Misses Clarke and Orme, Misses O’Brien and Tieman; I violin duet by Miss M. Pearce and1 ,C. Pearce; violin solo, G. Jarroti; { vocal ’trio, Messrs. Pfaff, Fowler. ' Geiger. Mr. Harry M”. Greb, gold medalist of last year and now a'^ student at Western University, dr- i livered the valedictory address and , JSZ5 spoke in high terms of the work e- ss the Exeter II. S. staff. Mr. E. J. ~ Wethey, principal, presented the dip- lpmas to the successful students and also the awards in tho athletic events SS held at Clinton. Mr. G. S. Howard presented the Entrance scholarships and Mr, J. G. St anbury the H. S. sst: scholarships as follows: Entrance to High School, Exeter Public School. Helen Penhalo; Exeter H. S. Distrh-t Kathleen Wiseman, Ivan ,‘Rowavi; Form I General Proficiency, Anna Elizabeth Hadcr.oy, Hazel Mkmmw ss Hay and Kathlom Lillian HnhV.r', equal; Form H General ProUcbu’-y. Joseph Alexander Addison, Muriel Bound Hovmld, Hoary Gordon And- orson; Middle ^Jiool, Nowell It'. Geiger, Wilfred L. Turnbull; Upper School, gold medal, Harry M, Grob, S Scholarship, Harry M. Groh, Ella O. “T! Morlock. A held day was enlivened the proceedings with stirr­ ing music. Many of the skaters were in costume and provided a lot of amusement for the spectators. Prizes were awarded as follows: Ladies’ Fancy costume, Miss Marjorie Clarke;- gent’s fancy costume, Alex Elliott; ladies’ comic costume, Miss Stella Southcott; gents’ comic cos­ tume, Chas. Anderson; girls’ char­ acter, Anna Moir; boy’s character costume, Charlie Complin; best ani­ mal costume, Ed. Anderson; girls’ race under 15, Marjorie Complin; boys’ race under 15, Chester' Cor­ nish; open .race Lome Tieman. grand masquerade carnival was at the Dome rink on Wednes- evening of last week. There a splendid turn-out the band fir ------------------------------------------------ . / FOR BATTERY STORAGE AND SERVICE ,.<vCALL; 200,.,. WE SPECIALIZE IN REBABBITING, REBORING AND ELECT- ■ RICAL WORK REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES OF CARS AND TRACTORS EXETER GARAGE Chambers Bps. Phone 200 Exeter, Ont. Phone 102 (We Serve and Satisfy) We Deliver More Fish, Fewer ills, No Doctors, No. pills. B. C. Salmon, fish 16c lb; sliced .. Halibut, fish 28c lb.; sliced ........ ‘Winter Caught Whitefish, dressed Lake Superior Herring ................... Salmon Finnan Beacon Fillets Snacks Haddie Haddie lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. 18c 30e. 18c. 5e. 05e. 12iclb. 17c. lb. 20c. lb. OYSTERS, LIMBURGER,KEG GRAPES, POP CORN, POP,,. 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