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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1929-01-03, Page 2THURSDAY* JANUARY 1<>2() i Q m Corner THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE .....; - ................- is the one the other t ♦ *. * » » The ideal job fellow has. The comfortable poop are happier than the upcomfortabe rich,. «•* **♦ Figure’s don’t lie—not since wo­ men discarded hip pads aftd. busties,* y** *.«.*■ Most of these speed fiends are merelj? driving to distraction.. ■**■■.*■ He. who laughs last may not know what it’s all about. ® i « * * * .• * # If the trains came in on time what would be the use of waiting rooms. # * * * * * * * * never bragged op the miles he got out of his peck of oats. « Mt » » * » The wisest ;of us unlearn some­ thing every day. And desire is always a few laps ahead of possession.V W • * * Some) folks never had a. chance because’'they wouldn’t take (JsMiMs A specialist says that shortens life. Single life,>|! * * * Mi V * * To use correct English, pose you would say she has Roberted.* * * s> * * * * Scientists say that sex ca The female sex Gyandad number' of horse on a £•* 9 it. kissing anyway. we sup- her hair termined, least. * Glasses depends on whether you use. them above or below the nose. Poverty may be a blessing in dis­ guise, but we prefer our blessings without camoflage of that sort.W Original sin—‘born with, tonsils. :f, * * S: )!s * improve th. Large Pimples Came Out on Her Back and Shoulders Mrs. James Park, Moose Jaw, Sask., writes:—“Last summer my blood be­ came very impure and large pimplea camo out on my back and shoulders. I tried all kinds of ointments, but .to no avail. At last a friend advised me to get a bottle of which I did, and in {the course of, , • • month’s time all the/pimples had dis­ appeared.” / < Manufactured only by The T. Mil­ bum Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Nomination Meeting at Hensall The nomination meeting was held in the Town Hall on Monday evening from 7 to s o’clock with the village Clerk James Patterson as Returning Officer. Those nominated for Reeve were Robt. Higgins.' the present Owen Geiger and Alex Smith Foi* the Council, Geo. C, Jas. Priest, Robert Cameron, gangster, J. W. Ortwein, Wm. Con- sitt and Wm. gangster. For School Trustees, Thos, Welsh, Henry Soldap and Wm.’ A, McLar­ en. These were returned by acclam­ ation. For Hydro Commissioner Chas. Moore was returned again by ac­ clamation. At the close of the nomination Clerk Patterson was asked to take the chair for the after meeting and after a few words called on Mr. R. Higgins, the present Reeve, to ad­ dress the meeting. Reeve Higgins, who was in splen­ did form, gave a review of the work of the County Council, our local Council and the Hydro and other Departments and claimed a surplus in nearly all departments. His review of County affairs and town finances was a subject of pleas­ ed comment from the audience. The Reeve also reviewed the work of the school and although this year the school ‘only received 7 mills from" the Council they have a surplus of $728.00. Before, the Continuation school was built it took 12 mills to run the school and the Reeve claimed it was certainly good business for the town to have built’ the Continu­ ation school and giving the children a chance for a better education at a reduction, in taxation of 5 mills and the secretary-treasurer of the School Board is just asking for a 6 mill rate for 1929. The Reeve was followed by Coun­ cillor Petty who gave a short prac­ tical address followed by Councillors Sangster and Cameron. Mr. Geiger was then called on and stated he would be a candidate for the Reeveshipr " He spoke of the grants in connec­ tion with the concrete roads and claimed there were some irregulari­ ties. He condemned the action of the County Council in increasing Sir. JYoung, the County Treasurer's salary to the same amount as receiv­ ed by Mr. Lane, minus the bonuses /although admitting that Mr. Young was doing superior work. He spoke on the appeal on his own assessment, and condemned the' ctaion of the Council in taking over the steet light in front of Miss Jes­ sie Bells. Mr. Smith was then called on and roundly condemned Mr. Geiger for some* of his actions and statements, that he made in the press some time ago. Mr. Smith was much dissatis­ fied with the Geiger assessment. Mfr. Ortwein was then called on and gave a short address after which 'Mr. Geiger asked to give a reply to Mr. Smith. Reeve, Petty, James Alter Mr. Geiger got through Smith replied. The Reeve then wound up the debate. The Reeve took Mr, Geiger severely to task for trying to create a false impression throughout the village that there should be money in the treasury that wasn’t accounted for- He stated that every dollar that was sent down to Hensall in grants in 1927 was used in 1927 to pay general expenditures and according to the auditors’ report and the treasurer’s statement that -all' the Council of 1928 had to start with was $59.00 in cash and. a small amount of outstanding taxes and that every dollar of this amount was used in paying unpaid 1927' accounts The Reeve answered the argu­ ments of the other speakers. He gave a short review of the Old Age Pension Bill, which will be passed at the January session of the Ontar­ io Legislature and stated that he was working on the case and had sent in to -the government a list of names whom lie thought would be eligible for pensions in Hensall. In elobing the Reeve stated he would again be a candidate lor the Reeve­ ship and asked to be returned to the Reeve’s chair if only through a spir­ it of fair play,, The Council of this year have a very favorable record. They have reduced' the tax rate, improved the the pos- paid and the next, lighting and hydro system of village, built up the roads to sibly the best in the province, off $6000 of the town debt broke practically even and as school can do with a mill less year and the roads will only need very little expenditure, 3 should be knocked off the tax for 1929, mills rate 1 Grand Bend Quite a number are sick with flu or bad colds. Last Sunday White Christmas- ber of presents church was beautifully , decorated for the occasion, among which was a beautiful bouquet sent by Misses Gertrude and Edyth Lovie, of Lon­ don. Mr. and Mrs. Joe the aswas observed and a goodly nunw were given. The Miller, of Detroit, Ravelle over the A QUEER LAKE SO YEARS AGO visited Mr. week-end. Mr. and daughter Thelma, of Emmert, (Mich., visited with Mr. Mrs. John. Holt on Sunday. Ingram is a brother of Mrs. Holt’s and she has not seen him for years. Rev. J. M. Colling is laid up with the flu h&nCe there was no service on Sunday but a real service is in store for the New Year’s Sunday when special music will be rendeed by the choir. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Southcott and Mr. McKewan, of London and Mr. Doug­ las Schellac, of Detroit, spent a week at their cottage here. Quite a number spent the week­ end at their cittage and a row on the lake, wliich is evry calm and added beauty for the Christmas season. Why go south and be cheated out o these beautiful segues? Mrs. Lake Ursu Has Its Waters In Strata or Layers—-Man Has Had a Good 1 Deal to Do With Its Making. What is probably the strangest Jake in the Transylvun: a writer in Lacul (Lake) Ursu is a freak, Man has had a good deal to do with its making, for without him the lake would not have come into exist­ ence at all, but it is nature that han done and continues to do most of the work that gives this sheet of water it3 unique and event mysterious, character. It is by no means a great lake as regards extent; indeed, it is distinct­ ly on the small side, but there is no other which presents the same extra­ ordinary features, though there is an­ other lake in its immediate vicinity, called Lacul Negru, which in a meas­ ure is like it, Ursu is a salt lake, hut the world has a number of salt lakes large and small; none of these, however, has its waters in strata or layers, if they may be so styled, as has Ursu, and it is this very remarkable fact that dif­ ferentiates it fr OX11 <111 til G I ■est. On the top there is a stratum or layer of fresh or "sweet" water, which is just a trifle brackish and just- a little tepid. Below this stratum, which is shal­ low, comes a stratum, almost hot water, highly charged with salt. Still lower down is a third stratum of icy cold water of dense brine going down to the bottom of the lake. It is this fantasy of temperatures that makes Ursu the strangest of all lakes. Lacul Ursu, which may be express­ ed in English as Rear (Latin, ursus) Lake lies almost in the centre of the highlands of Transylvania.' Perhaps it may be well to recall the fact that whereas Transylvania belonged to Hungary in the Dual Monarchy which vanished after the Great War, it now forms part, and a very considerable part of Greater Rumania, the Ru­ mania which, with this addition and that of the Bukovina, Bessarabia, and the Banat, is twice as large as was the “Old Kingdom,” that con­ sisted of Walachia, Moldavia, and the Dobrudja. The great bulk of the population of Translyvania, has been Rumanian for many centuries, but in some’dis­ tricts of the country, there are old German and Magyar ‘settlements', their chief strength being found in the cities and towns, as in Brassov, formerly known as Kronstadt. Lake Ursu, to keep its Rumanian name, is situated in a region that is typically Rumanian, the country of MaureS Turda, as-it is peopled by sturdy Ru- manian peasantry, who in essentials differ very little from the peasants of the Wallachian plains. Their lan­ guage is precisely the same. world is to be found in , in Eastern Europe, says "Overseas." FEATS OF SOMNAMBULISTS. a On Friday afternoon last a serious accident happened to Mr, John Drew He was loading bedsteads at the railway station and when lifting a slat bottom the nails pulled out a piece he struck Mr the blood trils. Mr of it and to stop the blood, prove effective. Three doctors were summoned and found that an artery had been severed. Mr. Drew lost about six quarts of blood before the doctors succeeded in flow of blood. We are pleased to the recent teacher’s held in th© Normal.School, Toronto, Messrs. J. W. Hogarth, of Stephen and W. F. May, of Usborne were both successful in obtaining their second grade A certificates. An address and presentation was given io Miss Elston on her retire­ ment from .the position of teacher in the Exeter public school.. Mr| Gregory made a suitable reply on behalf of Miss Elston. Short speeches were delivered by Rev. Mr. Schrom, Messrs. Caverhill, Holman and others who were present at the examination. had hold of. The slat Drew on the nose making flow freely from his nos- Drew thought* lightly applied snow *to his nose but it did not struck u post In font of Jones & May's store anol threw Mr. Connor out, the horse becoming; free. Mr. Micheal Elford, of Usborne, was. seriously injured op Tuesday of this week by being caught in a cave­ in at the sand pit of Mr. P, Whit­ lock. He was working in the pit when without warning the pit caved, in and Mr. Elford was completely buried the top of his hat alone re­ maining visible. He received a dis** located thigh and other injuries, stopping the notice that at examinations 25 YEARS AGO On New Year’s night twenty years ago, Mr. and Mrs. John Parsons were married. To (celebrate the event they invited about thirty friends and relatives New Year’s night and a right pleasant evening was enjoy­ ed. ' Mr. Herb Trcvethick returned on Thursday last from Brandon,, Man., where he has been, for the past two or three years. He will rmain for two or three months.' Mr. Rich. Penhale, of Stephen, is this week moving his household ef­ fects to Toronto where he will make his future , home. The family will follow next week. An oyster supper was held at the Dufferin House, Centralia, on New Year’s eve, given by Mr. E. Colwill, general merchant. Some time ago Mr. Colwill’s house took fire and the bucket brigade soon extinguished the flames, so Mr. Colwill to show his gratitude gave 'them an oyster supper. Miss -Soph-ia. Sweet, who sustained a. fractured arm in London about two weeks ago, is at home nursing same. The bellringers, accompanied by their wives and many other friends were very' pleasantly entertained at the home of Mr. L. Day, Thursday night’last. . A woman always looks on the bright side of a mirror, * I If * * * * * Jjc , But, girls, if you get a man pe well off you need never worry moMu you will get fat. W ..... ..................................■■.................. "P..................... Here and There (194) More than 11,000,000 tourists,vis-g ited Ontario during 1928 and spent about $100,000,000, according to fig­ ures issued at the Provincial Par­ liament Building in Toronto the- other day. This is an increase of over 20 per cent, over the record made last year. Production of tobacco to 1928 totalled 40,976,375 pounds from 43,138 acres. Of the total output the Province of Ontario accounted for 32,265,850 pounds from‘32,654 acres; Quebec 8,546,325 pounds from 10,368 acres, and British Col­ umbia acres. 164,200 pounds from 116 Gather wood, who distin - herself as an athlete rep­ Ethel guished resenting Canada at the Olympic games in Amsterdam in August, has been honoured by the Canadian Pacific Railway. A station on the recently constructed Rosetown- Perdue branch has been named “Catherwood,” after her, Twenty-five years ago Thomas Hubert, now employed as a bag­ gageman on the C. P. R. between Ottawa and North Bay, lost a valu­ able silver watch while working in a fi^ld near Pembroke. The other day a glittering object was turned by a plough. It was Hubert’s watch, the glass broken and the hands gone, but still retaining a brilliant lustre. The field had been ploughed many times since it was lost. Lord Nelson” at Halifax Among Dominion’s Finest Irishman Swam Two Miles Down River While Asleep. Some of the feats of somnambul­ ists are'so strange that they almost surpass belief. A tale is told of an Irishman who swam more than two miles down a river, got ashore, and was subse­ quently discovered sleeping by the roadside, unconscious of the extra­ ordinary feat he had accomplished. A young student of Wurtemberg used to play hide-and-seek while fast asleep. His fellow-students knew of his propensity, and when he began walking threw bolsters after him, which he always eluded, jumping oyer bedsteads and other obstacles in his way. A girl given to sleep-walking was in the habit of imitating the violin with her lips, giving the preliminary tuning and scraping and flourishing with the utmost fidelity. It puzzled her doctor until he learned when an infant the girl lived room adjoining a fiddler, who performed upon his instrument in her hearing. that in a often with- SKELETONS FOR A MUSEUM. Toronto is preparing to receive the largest number of prominent baseball figures ever to be in Can-_ ada at one time. The National^ Association of Professional Base­ball Leagues will meet there short­ ly and every baseball club in .. America will be represented. Judge Landis will be on hand, and th© total- ’■atKenaairce^ is expected to amount to over five hundred, dele- 'Mates coming fronrepoints as far as Pueblo. ) x /'■" ' —---------'W-The trainload of a^tt^c^l^now that was brought from Hollywood to Lake Louise recently was not 1 required by John Barrymore, to producing ap. Alpine movie story to be released shortly, as plenty of the real stuff was available at the glaciers. This popular -actor, with Camilla Horn and a cast of about, twenty-five persons, spent some three weeks at the Chateau Lake- Louise, rising each morning at four o’clock in order to reach their "locations” on Victoria and Saddle­ back Glaciers in time to get'the best light effects in the morning for their various “shots”. 15 YEARS XaGO' There has been on exhibition in Mr. J. Senior’s window ft silver cup which was won by Mr. J. H. Scott, of the Exeter Creamery at the West­ ern Ontario Dairymen’s Convention held in Stratford last week. Among the hostesses of the past week who pleasantly entertained were Mrs. E. J. Christie on Friday evening. The Misses Huston on Friday evening and Mrs. Geo. Haw­ kins on Friday evening. M'essrs. G. Anderson, N. Sheers, W. J. Heaman and W. W. Taman are in London attending the Curl­ ers’ Bonspiel. An oyster supper,and social even­ ing was held at the home of Mr. J. Etherington, of Usborne, on Friday everting in •honor1 of Mr, Ed. Ether­ ington, of Detroit. Mr. Robt. Taylor, of Usborne, has a chicken that laid an egg which measured 7 by 8 inches and which weighed four and one half ounces. On Saturday last as Mr. Walter Connor was driving a livery horse down Main St., the horse shied and started to run away. The cutter i When a young couple from Cal­ gary drifted back to the station at Winnipeg 10 minutes after the "Im­ perial” had left for the east, Can­ adian Pacific officials were given tlie choice the other May of feeding and otherwise caring for a nine- months-old baby for two days or holding the train for thirty-five minutes at JMorth Transcona. Tfiey chose the ‘latter, much to the re­ lief of the porter and conductor, who are not familv men. The re­ united family sailed on the "Mont­ rose” to spend Christmas in the old country.' 1 Burial Places In Yucatan Dug Over for Massachusetts Institution. A hundred skeletons and 2,500 re­ cords of the size and other physical characteristics of living Maya Indians of Yucatan, brought back to Peabody Museum, at Cambridge, Mass., by Dr. and Mrs. G. D. Williams may give an insight into the kjnd of people Who erected great cities and developed a culture in America long before the coming of Columbus. During an an­ thropometric survey of the Mexican state of Yucatan, Dr. Williams ob­ tained information on 2,000 adults and 500 children of the descendants of the ancient Maya and also obtained for scientific study the skeletons of 100 present-day Mayas. The expedi­ tion, which was in the field for eight months, was Under the auspices of the Bureau of International Research of Harvard University and Radcliffe College. v HAD The Times-Advocate Upper—Two scenes in the' Public Gar- dens. where the new hotel is to be located. Hower—As the "Lord Nelsen” will appear when completed. VU ide interest has been, created ’’ by the recent announcement that Halifax is to be provided with ©he' of the finest hotels in the Do­ minion. The project met with in­ stant approval and financial back­ ing, those materially interested realizing the city’s need for such an ’institution in view of Nova Scotia’s (historic, scenic and recreational ad­ vantages. That the new “Lord Nelson Hotel,” as it will be known, is aolidly supported on a business basis, fts well aS on grounds of civio '«■ .pride, is shown by the fact that the Canadian Pacific Railway has se­ cured over a half interest in the project, which Company's hotels are notable among the leading chains Company Will direct to a large Extent the management of the hotel, ’According to E. W. Beatty, Chair- bnah and President of the Canadian Specific, the present conditions in jHalifax and the Province of Nova iScotift, in every way justify the Gilding of ths “Lord Nelson/ The new hotel Will be in keeping ith the historical charm of Nova tin, the flame itself recalling aft of British history. ^The btrild- from ail architectural stand- ita. Will' be carried out In Geor- dft. the prevalent in Lord Nelson’s time. Trafalgar Day, October 21st, saw the first sod ift its construction turn­ ed and work begun on a building that will be in keeping with the importance of Nova Scotia's capital. The location of the “Lord Nelson” is one of the outstanding features of the new venture, It directly fronts the famous Public Gardens, the pride of .the residents of Halifax. These Gardens cover many acres and .are Iodaf.ed in the heart of the city at the corner of Spring Garden Road And South Bark Street. Around this paradise Of flowers. ‘•Adiale the West with the celebrated Waegwoltic Cliib, Point Pleasant Park, the station, harbor and busi­ ness district of the city, The Province of Nova Scotia hash gained a wide reputation for -conic and historic attraction. Some idea tourist traffic gathered from that visitors and Water lift* over the mm-1 Residents of of the increase in iflto this province is government reports last summer by rail creased 50 per eent mer season of 1926.......... ........ .Halifax feel that such an institutibis as the f.ord Nelson, which will ’>4 opened in less than a year, will give further Impetus to commercial and, tourist traffic through this cftntrt A Giant Ancestor. The skeleton of a man of the lee age has been unearthed in the Ural Mountains. 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