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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1929-01-24, Page 47H0KSDAY, SAXVAKY 5M*h, 1929 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Rev. James Foote Severs Connection with Caven Congregation (JuiJWh tg^**!*^ ■: '-I'"'' Preaches Farewell Sermons Sunday— Magnificent Prentations at Congrgational Meeting Monday Evening , Rev. James Foote, B.A., who for the past ten years has beep pop ular minister of Caven Presbyterian church, has severed his connection with the congregation and on Sun day preached his farewell sermon. 0 At a congregational meeting (Mon day night Mr-. Foote was presented with a handsome cabinet of silver; Mrs. Fpote with an electric coffee •percolator and Miss Elizabeth With sa beautiful dresser set, Mr. Foote recently accepted a call to St. An drew’s church, Carleton Place, in the Lanark and Renfrew Presby- tiery and he will be inducted into his new charge on January 30th, Next ■JSunday Caven pulpit will be declared vacant byi the interim-moderator, Rev. Jas, McIlroy, of Carmel Pres byterian church, Kensall. Mr. Foote came to Caven church over ten, years ago succeeding the late Rev. S. F. Sharp.' During the years he has been the pastor of the -church he has endeared himself in -the hearts of the members of his congregation and has made many -warm friends throughout the town and community. He is possessed of a genial personality, with broad vis ion and keen intellect and has al ways taken a deep interest in all ■things pertaining to the welfare of the community. He is a member of three lodges and being a man among men, the members of these lodges have always found it a pleasure to meet with him and have honored '■him with various positions, He is a member of the Masonic craft and for several years was Chaplain;” he .is a past grand of the I. O. O. F. and has been master of the local L. O. L. and County Chaplain. In his removal Exeter loses a worthy citizen and the best wishes of all will follow him and h:s family to their new hom®. Farewell Sermon Mr. Foote delivered his farewell message in Caven pulpit on Sunday evening last and expressed his ap preciation of the kindly and streng thening presence of a large congre gation. He took his text from 2nd -Cor. 13:9 and spoke of the best wishes therein expressed in the. fare well words of ,St. Paul to the Corin- thians4 It is, he said, the greatest ■best wishing on record- It brings ms to tb,<4 loftiest peaks reachable, in this world* with the magnificent cer tainty wIlGod's clear heaven beyond. e Best wishes as commonly express ed seldom cause us to pause to con sider their import. Bu£ here, are best wishes that are like an immens ity, and which could have little sig- mificence unless uttered by a relig ious man, and to make a needed ^distinction, a Christian religious man, for who but such could wish tor his fellow man such all inspiring greatness. RiJble Supremely Trusto-oxthy ■From such -sanctified magnani mous wishing it' can be readily pro pounded that the old Bible and its Religion are supremely trustworthy. Without any fear of a single valid contradiction it can be said that this religion is the greatest thing in the world. The .mere, consideraion off what ft is, its pure nature, its in comparable challenge of the issues of time and eternity that it covers, its capacity of exhausting the finest intellects of the race, its transform ing of the most materialized natures of men and women, its winning of the lovi of the purer hearts of little children and young people, certifies (that to regard it as snperflous, or even le-g than the greatest thing in de- I to live. There is here a great body ’of -religious consciousness, and such I that responds magnificently to the religious appeal, Np iniquity pan, thrive here. There is such an ag gregation of fine reljgious forces that all things can be hoped for in any emergency, or practise, to have the evil undone, and to improve what assists the life of the -gospel. If any town in all this province is able to set n right example those who know Exeter are prepared to say that this community is so prepared. He urged that the religious intelli gence and conscience of this great re ligious community weigh well to what measure the late -Saturday night closing hour in the marts of business militates against religion. The religious day should not be giv en up to sleeping off over-worked bodies but a sane provision should be made to attend to the duties of religion in a religious way, and with the assurance of blessing. Tribute was paid to all the church es and the Salvation Army, and to th© spirit of‘mutual helpfulness, so characteristic of all. Cynicism, cen- soriousness and carping methods do not represent religion, but charity, helpfulness, good feeling to one an other come within its soul, and in these things we have the reasonable ness of Jesus. The sorrow of parting with warm friends is trying, but it is a matter of great rejoicing that such friends were to -be gained. It 23 part of the greater life and wealth of» soul -that I take away. Th© dear, friends of Caven shall always be precious, but not less precious are all those be yond the walls of Caven whose friendship and good will have cheer ed and blessed our years in Exeter. Mrs. Foote and Elizabeth join in wishing all, in the spirit of our text, the best, assuring you * that your kind graces will from henceforth be a factor of our existence, and that a standing invitation to visit us in Carleton Place remains with each and all. » ! go with you and we hope many years I of usefulness lie before you in sow ing the good seed in the Master’s vineyard, and may you have, abundant cause to rejoice in the harvest. And to you Mrs. Foote we wish to express our appreciation of . your faithful service in Caven church. In the Woman’s Missionary Society, the Mission Rand, in the choir and in the Young peoples’ Guild you have always been ready to give assistance and your musical talents, so freely given, have, on many occasions yielded pwoh pleasure and beep a great blessing. We feel that you have always had a vital interest in aM departments of the church work and in the gation. In your wish you welfare of Caven congre- pew sphere of labor we every success, and al though new friendships are formed, we trust the associations ^ith the members of Caven church will still remain. We would ask to accept this cabinet of silver and electric coffee percolator as a token of our good will. The Guild of Caven church wish to extend to Miss Elizabeth Foote their best wishes and present this dresser set as will to her. Signed for Henry Strang, a token of their .good the congregation by Representative Elder. ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of Caven Presbyterian church was held on Monday evening following the com plimentary banquet to Rev. James Foote and Mrs. Foote. Mr. J. A. Stewart occupied the chair in his us ual happy manner. The reports of the Treasurer and of the various or- ganiations of the congregation were presented and recorded a year of ac tivity and success. Particularly pleasing was the financial report Which showed a total of $485'5, rais ed and that the Budget allotment of the congregation had been exceeded by $125.00. A resolution was unan imously adopted by a standing vote that steps should be taken at once to call a new minister and a strong committee of nine members was ap pointed to co-operate with the in terim-moderator. Mr. Thos. Pryde was elected Assistant Secretary- Treasurer to Mr. J. H, Greive, who was re-elected and [Messrs. Sillery,, Smith and Stanlake were elected to the Board of Management. the word is t jgradation 0 Mr. Fo ture of ■outcome xnent of irol, l; define c .eatisfylr to his s ®ous «&■ guishabl The 1 not be 1 application which bring! compre us His homes, are forc-s Church « tian for ■dreaiuias Hell is cl <ty, and f add our The de?n ■ able wfSe from th* for word- ■iS’iid in cite pass!- •of sensin’* Somehow maney to misspent Delightful Mr. Fs 4ors Whf v?n unity uffer a certain ua- the ished the ctrine as ientific treat- eality and con- s highest duty to tod, by the best methods, as ig to his mind and vitalizing oul, and not exist as a hid- rage, or as a toad inclistin-. ■*? from the dust. . wed land of Canada would vortli defending but for this „ ug to the ■tnsioji of Christ, and gives ■Spirit within our lives, laws, and all our relations. There inside and outside the ‘hat are purely anti-Chris- ■ces. They are sort of forces, dreaming that ead, that God is a noneuti- hat we, and our pleasures, Mrtune are the Kingdom. deaWe nature and doplor- ers of suck wicked revolt Divine edicts is too plain •>. It certainly does not earn. The flowers of illi- >’<« goon fade, The.po’dod delights,,, is- soon past* there is a strange poig- i sorrow and death of a to15 Vlili’P ill Which to Live e spoke bn the fhto ton- make Exeter and Com- delightful place in which FAREIVELL AND PRESENTATION The farewell to Rev. Mr. Foote and family from the congregation of Caven church took the form of a banquet at the church when- almost 200 members and adherents sat down to a most sumptuous repast prepared by the Ladies Aid and serv ed by the young people. Before rising from the table an address was read to Mr. Foote, Mrs. ’ Foote and Miss Elizabeth by Mr. Henry Strang and the presentation of a handsome cabinet of silver to Mr. Foote was made by Dr. Atkinson; of an electric coffee percolator to Mrs. Foote by Mrs. E. J. Christie, Sr. and of a love ly dresser set to Miss Elizabeth by Miss Annie Simmons, from the Young Peoples’ Guild. Mr. Foote replied feelingly, and eloquently re ferring to the happy years they had spent with Caven people and wish ing one and all the largest possible measure of blessing. Before retir ing from the meeting Mr. and Mrs. Foote gave a personal good-bye to each one present. Following is a copy of the address: To Rev. James Foote, B.A., Mrs. Foote and Miss Elizabeth Foote: We, the members and friends of Caven Presbyterian church in our t annual congregational meeting as sembled and seated around this ban queting table should be in a cheer ful mood, but in th© heart of' each of us there is a feeling of sorrow, when we remember that we must say fare well to you, our pastor and family, after-having had tile profit and joy of nearly ©leven years of your faith ful ministry; only when been called elsewhere do our lass. In .looking back over that you have been our minister, we rejoice to remember that the congre gational affairs have run smoothly, with no jar to mat th© memory of them, and we attribute this happy condition largely to your capable leadership. In the stress arid storm of recent years your courage enabled us to fe-^ our duties anew, and your fidelity to your people, when so many con gregations were Vacant arid so many opportunities presented themselves to you to sepitl a new field and which you refused, fye appreciate. We congratulate yott on this call that lias com© to you to enter a larg er field of usefulness more befitting your qualifications. t $t, Andrews session and congrega tion of Carleton Place have seven reasons in desiring you for their minister—your training, scholarship experience, spiritual mental and physical ability. We, your people of Exeter know .from your past record, how wcll- jplaced their confldmice is; and wo ■«r« confident that in the mtmtlis to toame, von win,fully measure up to In saying good-bye, we Want to assure you that our very best wishes you have we realise the years i, DIED IN DETROIT / Mrs, James Lamport and daughter* Mrs. Marshall, were called to De troit on Saturday last owing to. the serious illness of the former’s son, : Mr. John Lamport. IMt. Lamport . suffered a stroke a couple of webksV ago and was stricken * the second time on Friday. He passed away -on Monday. Mr. Wes. Lamport left. Wednesday to attend the funeral which will be held on Thursday; JAMES STREET W. M. S. The January meeting of the James St. W. M. S. was held on Thursday last with a fair attendance. The bus iness meeting was conducted by Mrs. Thos. Harvey. The treasurer report ed that last years’ allocation had been met. Heralds for the present year were appointed. Mrs. E.- Amy, convenor of Group. 1, took charge of the program. The study book was very capably presented by 'Miss A. McKenzie. A questioniare on the Blue Book was conducted by Mrs. D. McTavish. Much interesting in formation .on the dominion-wide work of the W. M. S. was revealed. A solo by Miss V. Essery was much appreciated. 3** FULDARTON, LOGAN & HIBBERT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Fuliar- ton, Logan and Hibbert Agricultural Society was held in the Town Hall, Mitchell, on Saturday afternoon last with the president, Mr. B. J. Thiel, ,in the chair. Mr. Meeks, the dis trict agricultural representative for the county of Perth, was present and gave an interesting address on farm ing m general and he advocated holding meetings in different parts of the county to discuss the best method of getting rid of noxious weeds. It was decided to hold a spring fair this year and that in the field crop competition wheat and oats be sown instead of corn and oats as in former years. Officers elected were as follows: B, J. Thiel, president; first vice-pres, W. C. Hodge; second vice-pres., Thdmas Mitchell; directors, Fullar- ton, J* French, N. Heal and J/ Me- Nay; Hibbert, R. Norris, W. Parsons and James Malcolm; Logan, W. A, McKenzie, T. Hrirl and C. Hunt; Mit chell, Alex Cole, G. Hemp, G. Gra ham and Dr. W» Hall; auditors, Da vid “Wilson and Cephas Woodger. The fall fair for the year 1920 will he held on Tuesday and Wed* nesday, September 24th and 25th. , LEAGUETOWN Creech School . Medd WilUM Wells .. Harness STANDING W. 3 2 0 1 0 0 L. 0 1 0 1 2 2 T. 0 0 3 1 1 1 P, 0 4 3 11 ANGLICAN VESTRY ^IHISTING The annual meeting of the TrivHt Memorial phurch was held in the parish hall oh [Monday evening, Jan uary 1929. The Rector presid ed and opened th© vestry meeting with prayer. Mr. Louis Day was re-elected Vestry clerk, but owing to his re cent bereavement was not able to be present and the feeling, of deep re^ gret was expressed by the members present. Mr. J. W. Morley was •ask ed to act as clerk pro-tern. The rector at this point address ed the vestry on the condition of the parish. He reviewed the efforts put forth during the year to deepen the spiritual life of th© parish, through the Parochial MisBion and the visit of the Church Army Crusaders. He then called on Mr. Morley to read the minutes of the previous vestry meeting. The very gratifying financial statement was then presented and received. This showed, receipts of $2917.49 and expenditures $2783.73 with a balance Of $133.49, with a few payable bills outstanding. The report of the Ladies’ Guild was given by Mrs. Dore, showing that the ladies had worked hard during the year, receipts $913.78, expenditures $695.10 with a balance on hand of $21§,6_8. The Sunday School Teport- was given by Mr. Stanley Walters show ing, receipts $257.22 and expendi tures $189.48 balance bn hand $67.- 74. The chancel Guild showed re ceipts of $132.54, expenditures $127.- 45 balance on hand $5.09. A. Y. P. A, receipts $82.8'3, ex penditures $44.08 with a balance of $38.75. The W.‘ A. have also had a good, year but tlie treasurer, Miss M. Day was unavoidably absent ‘and the re port was not presented. Then followed the election of of ficers: The Rectoi’ appointed Mr. M. W. Pfaff as his warden and Mr. W. J. Stanlake was re-elected peoples’ warden. Sidesmen are R. Davis, L. E. Day, Harry West, J. W. Morley, Stanley Walter, Wm. Ellerington, H. Jennings Jr,,. .Delegates to Synod* Messrs. J. W. Morley and E. E. Moyle; subs., Wm. Lutman and Sid Sanders; auditors, C. H. Sanders, J. W. (Morley. Select Vestry—Messrs. Wes. Dear ing, J. W. Morley, Dan Dew, John Triebner, W. Cunningham, Sid San ders, H. Jennings Sr., Percy Duns- ford, Wm. Lutman, Thomas’ Sunders and the wardens. The proposal of the Ministerial Association re Religious survey of the village was voted down. : ’ The'' vestry authorized the war dens to remove the old fence around the lawn; to make improvement in the heating of the parish .hall; and to arrange for a sidewalk on Laugh- all street on the south side of the church, as well as arrange to have the chimes played every Sunday. On the motion of J. W. Morley and Thomas Sanders a hearty vote of thanks was tendered the Rector, the officers and all who had helped in the success of the past year. Thus came to a close with the Benediction one of the best Vestry meetings for years. The <■ Ladies’ Guild very kindly served refresh ments and a happy social hour was spent. DEFOREST CROSLEY Fidelity f Series Mie Etude^ r §178.00 Seven Tubes Batteryless Eight other models $7<00 to §1250,00 oily Forest Crosley could P an instrument of this tonal quality and t the low price of the YouVfive only to hear it In your omo to realise that it biw yon everything that yon have hoped to get In radio, Music that is natural and true as though you heard the per formers. W. J. BEER EXETER EDITORIAL^ Exetqr is open tor congratula tions ou her happy’ escape from da* mage from the heavy rain ol' the lat ter portion of last week. Of course the river rose to proportions that de monstrated what he could do if he« were given a chance, but so far as this neighborhood is concerned he confined himself to lawful sport and kept his hands off, away from des tructive pranks. His rise in the world has provided the youngsters and their friends with fine skating and hockeying. He and Jack. Frost have affected a happy alliance in this particular. We regret that we cannot say as much for the weather man’s treat ment of many of the farmers. Whole field© have been inundated. Some, DIED JN EXETER NORTH The death took place in Hxetei North on Monday evening, January 21st, of George Albert Webster, so* of Mr. and Mrs, Thos, E- Webster- aged 31 years, 2 months and 2* days. The funeral will be held otf- Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Full par* ticplars next week. The London Advertise!’ on Satur day contained four‘rages of Who’gj Who in London’s Legal Profession, photos of the various lawyer*. Among them are the photos of the Exeter law firm who maintain an office in London, Messrs. F. W. Gladman, J, G. Stanbufy and Mel-- Ville F, Gladman, t PERTH COUNTY "WARDEN George S. Keith, reeve of Blau- shard Township, was elected warden: farms have as -much as fifty acres of Perth County for 1929 at th© in- augural meeting of the County Coun-' oil. *Tlm other contender for th® wardenship was Reeve W, A. RochB. of Fullarton Township. under water. Nearly every road ‘has its washouts that vary considerably in seriousness, but all ly, and, in many instances, unneces sary. A good many farmers already are casting their thoughts forward in regard to the-effect the floods will have on the fail wheat. The fore-* casts in this particulars are not Op timistic. Ice and fall wheat do not make a profitable combination. Is it not a pity that 'provision is not made against just such p'ours as come our way on this occasion? A large number of folk are wishing that the authorities had not been so keen some years ago to abolish the' open ditches that so satisfactorily- take carp of flood emergencies. In a district like this with so many lev el farms it seems a pity that water should be allowed to lie in cultivat ed fields for days. A few hours of such inundation is sufficient to work almost untold loss, in killing wheat and seeding, and in souring land. tl of them cost-7 ft/ STRANGE. ISN’T IT? Just this week we heard that firm in London is this week posing of its fifth consignment of ' butter from New Zealand. When this dealer was asked why he im ported butter from the other side of the world he replied that unless ■ he did. so he could not meet the re quirements of his customers. To use his own words “Were not this importation made we’d 'be starving for butter.” The situation is puzzl ing. We have a great deal of pas ture land. We have land that pro duces the best of crops of corn arid roots and hay and grain for feeding cattle. There are a great many men and. women who ar© out of work or who are on the ragged edge of unemployment'; We have splen did butter factories. Yet we are short of butter! .Butter is a fine price. Merchants are eager to se cure a good article, Milk stations are eager to buy milk and cream. The demand is active. Were there not a demand importer dealers would not be turning their eyes to New Zealand. There’s a screw loose sdmewhere. It* is 'high time for lively stepping. We’d like to keep Canadian dollars busy in Canada. As long as Canadian dealers are able to secure high grade Canadian butter in sufficient quantities to meet the wants of their customers they are. not at all likely' to do any importing. It must be remembered that Cana dians have cultivated a fastidious taste in butter and that New Zea- ■ landers have a way of catering to that taste.. This is a fact worth considering. * * * * * nf? Who was it that said they had seen hundreds of Januarys but never seen' one without a January .thaw? We wonder if they ever saw a thaw that thawed more than the January thaw that we saw last’week. one dis- BAYFIELD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ELECT OFFICERS The annual meeting of the Bay- field Agricultural Saciety was held, last week in the town hall with a fair attendance, John McClure th® retiring president, pointed out that the Society is <50 years old and in that time there have only been eight presidents. He asked that the meet lug appoint a new president but he was unanimously returned to office' for the ensuing year. Other officers appointed were;. First vice-president, Wm. J. Stinson* second vice-president, Robert Pen- hale; .secretary, A. -E. Erwin; trgasJ F. A. Edwards; auditors, John Cam eron, Frank Keegan; directors, John. Rothwell, Ed. Foter, J. W. Reid, Mil ton Woods, Sa^nuel Houston, Fred’’ Middleton, W. Stewart, Bert Dunn,. Wm. Sparks, W. W. Wise, Len Tal bot, Robt. McMurray, Mrs. F. Mc Ewen, Mrs. N. W. Woods, Mrs. J.. W. Reid, Mrs. A. B. Seeds, [Mrs. T_ Snowden, Thos. Snowden, D. ,H. Mc Naughton." The financial report showed that although the receipts had not been as large as the expenditures at the Fall Fair in 1928, owing to the clemency of the weather, yet there is the substantial sum of over $432' in the bank. A committee was ap pointed to arrange a masquerade carnival to be held at Easter. THE LATE MR STIRLING Heath called one -of Bayfield’s? oldest residents on Friday morning' in the person of Mrs. William Stirl ing, who was in her 84th year. She- had been ailing for the' past few years. The funeral was held on Monday from St. Andrew’s Unite® church. AUCTION S WELL-BROICEN GENTLE HORSES At Addie’s 'Hc/el, St. Marys SATU ITT, Proprietor AIRN, Auctioneers 25 1800 poVuds; horses, guarantee. A. J. SHE McNEIL & JANUARY 26th, 1920 clock p.m. ghing from 1400 to- 3 general purpose horse is sold under valentine wild passes away There passed away on Monday of last week .an esteemer resident of j Stanley Township in the person of 1 Valentine Wild. The deceased, a i son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wild, was born and raised on the homestead adjoining the village. He was married to Miss Agnes O’Sulli van, of McKillop Township, who sur vives him. Three sons and two daughters also survive; Mary, of To ronto; Joseph Louis arid Veronica, at home. Six sisters and two bro- ■ there also survive. WHAT’S the use buying ■sybiila Colds, Cough, and Dseased Tonsils and all throat troubles. Absolutely guaranteed. *cheap medicines. Gfet Mrs. Spahr's Tonsilitis for Head Catarrh, Whooping Cough, Croup, Bronchitis, Enlarged TRAIN SCHEDULE! South Brucefield .......7.58 4.28 Kippen.... ........ 8.05 4.36 Hensail ,>„i .......8.13 4.42 Exeter .................... 8.27 4.58 Centralia 8.30 5.08 Clandeboye .... ............ 8.30 5,18 Going North Clandehoye 10.24 6.30 Centralia „.......... 10.36 6.41 Exeter ............ 10.49 5.64 Hensall ...... 11,03 6.08 Kfppen 11,08 6,13 BrttceHeld ».............. 11/17 6.22 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF the Estate- of ROBERT EADIE RAE, late of the- City of Stratford in the County o£ Perth, Plumber, deceased. ‘ - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pur suant to Section.51 of The Trustee- Act that all creditors arid others having claims or demands against the Estate ..of the said Robert Eadie Rae, who died on or about the 6 th day 'of August, 1928, are required on or before the 20th day of Feb* rnary, 1929, to send by a ’.paid or deliver Water Street, ministrator of deceased, thei surnames, a ■tions, the fu claims, a statement 0 and the natlr© of miy) held bi then AND TA such last 1 Administra bate the a among the having regard only to the claims of which 'lie shall then have notice and that the said Administrator will not be liable for the said assets or any part thereof to any peron or persons of whose claims notioe shall not have been received by liim at the time Of such distribution', RIDDELL & MURRAY, Windsor Block, Stratford Solicitors for the said Administrator Dated the 15th day of January. 3. Always park close to a shiny new car. The owner won't crumple your fenders when he backs out. Don’t borrow trouble* the interest rate Is too high. Yott make go on killing time btrt In time time will kill you,-. ■» --■a : * re- , &■ dmin- he said, ames and I desCrip- rs of their heir accounts, secruities (if to William R trafford, the ie estate o Christian resses partie TICE that after ed date, the said 1 proceed to distri ct! 1 the aid estate- rties entitled thereto