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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE TMVKSPAY* APRIL JfJfb, 1929
At a meeting of the village coun
cil, Mr, Samuel Littlejohn -was-ap
pointed Road Inspector at a salary
$1.25 per day,
fite'e the
ji’etiuired,
Bissett’
'ped from
sail last
toba.
We hope soon to
Iks repaired where
1
of this town; ship
stove depot in Hen-
six stoves to Mani-
sett, A. Bright, J. Westcott and A.
The Exeter Spring Show which
was held - yesterday on the fair
grounds was largely attended, there
being , a larger crowd in town than
at'any previous Spring Show in Exe
ter. The-* following ’ gentlemen
judged the Korses: Thos.’ Bissett, W.
Bell, H, iterslake. and Hugh Love
and the cattle were judged by Thos,
Laughton, H. Snell and T, Coates.
Death of Mrs. McDougall
On Tuesday, April 9th, there pass
ed away in Hibbert, qne of the' old
est residents of the Township in the
person of Mrs. Christina McDougall,
widow of the late John McDougall,
in her 80th year. She was born in
Dalhousie, Lanark County, on the
19th-day of February, 1844 and came
to Hibbert when she was a little
girl. She was married 67 years ago
and settled with her late husband on
lot 18, con. 14 of Hibbert township
where she lived her entire life. .
On Monday, April the -8th she suf
fered a paralytic stroke from
she never recovered, passing
fully away on Tuesday. She
woman of sterling qualities,
ing in her disposition, hut always
ready and willing to lend a hand to
any worthy cause.. She is survived
by three sons, Alexander, on the
homestead; John on the .12th con
cession of Hibbert and Duncan in
Kingston, Ont. The funeral was held
from' the residence of her son, Alex
ander on Thursday afternoon to the
Cromarty cemetery. The service was
conducted by the Rev. John Elder
and was largely attended. The pall
bearers were all old friends, Mat
thew Thompson, William Thompson,
William Simmons, James Vance,
John Bolton, James Ballantyne,
west. T’:
Mrs. (i .'.
Hinn'
dies.
Mr.
moved
sett’s
Mr.
siding
Alber
dence
vacat<
At
James
ening
beaut
Usborne Council
* The Municipal Council o'f the
Township of Usborne met on Satur
day, April 16, jnirsuant to adjourn
ment.
All the members were present at
the meeting. The minutes of the
meeting of’ March 2nd was read and
approved on motion of Dew-Bk-lntier.
, Correspondence—Notice from the
Department of Public Highways that
a grant of the 1928 expenditude on
Township Roads had been allowed to
the amount of $4637.6?
urer reported tirat he
this sum.
Letter from the Hydr
in answer to. petition from municip
alities in Huron County re develop
ment of electrical energy on tho
Maitland river. Their engineers re
ported that the average flow of water
and the cost of the development made
the scheme impracticable.
Request from W. C. Drury, Drain
age Contractor for information on
prospective drainage w:ork in the
Township, The clerk reported that
this had been given.
The Imperial Paint
ed.
The,Assessor, Wm. Coates com
pleted the 1929 Assessment Roll and
having delivered it to the clerk 011
April 5, it was decided to hold a
Court of Revision on same on June
1st, at 3 p.m. on
Berry.
As per
Elimville
read and
ber of interested ratepayers. - It'was
provisionally adopted on motion of
Berry-Williams.
The clerk was instructed to pre
pare a By-Law, have it printed and
distributed to assessed
Township' and that a
vision be^ held on the
the proposed work on
at 3 p.m. o.n motion
Dew.
The Court of Revision on the Ste
wart Drain Report was 'held with the
members' taking the necessary de-,
claration. There were no appeals
and the Court closed.
Dr. Graham, Medical Officer for
the Township laid his resignation on
the table. Berry-Williams: That
his successor, Dr. Dunlop, be appoint
ed in >his"place.
Dew-Skinnehs
nnllorl fnr nn Hr/
iijj Anderson, of Usborne,
week to IM1?. Thos. Bis
on Gidley street.
.urtleib, who has been re-*
■Ir. T. Dearing's cottage on
et, has. moved in the resi-
Elizabeth street, recently
Air. James Collingwood,
regular meeting of the
t League on Tuesday ev
il-worded address and a
mu book were presented
Manning on the eve of
tor Manitoba.
Collingwood left
Saturday where
husband, who is
Verity works.
Braund, who has been
•ijei’ parents Mr. and
sery for the past two
for her home in Brant-
inesday.
has
as
tlid
and Mr.%
Co.’s offer fil-
motion of Williams-
Henry Strang, Clerk
duly forwarded The,
Outlet Report was
'vvGrade of Seaman-Kent Oak, Maple dr Birch
. The treas-
had received
parties in the
Court of Re
assessment of
May the 4tli,
of Williams-
notices
Drain
considered by a large jium-
Detailed description of all Durant models will be mailed to( yoii
on request ... or bettor still ... is obtainable near-by—at your,
local Durant dealers’.
which
peace-
was a
retfr-
Red Seal Continental Motor
Bendix- Four‘Wheel Brakes
Morse t Silent Timing "Chain
Full Force Feed Imbrication
for
she
em-
fireproof, easy to lay over
old roofs — permanent.
Get the facts. Ask you?
tinsmith or carpenter.
Estimates gladly furnished for any Job, in any
You will never regreS
the purchase of a
Sheet Steel Ceiling.
Passenger Cars
; ’ Fours and Sixes
*. . ^from $673 to $2093
. f.o.b., Lcaside, Ont.
1 Standard Factory Equipment
. Taxes Extra '
Commission
YES. t
rreble resigned as leader
•ter,, band last week, and
• evening Mr. S. C. Hanna
to fill the vacancy..
and Mr
both having treated them*
new Essex cars.
’Iva Bolton, who spent the
with her parents on the
/S
Metier Automobile* Are Built—McLaughtin-Binck Will Th«tn.
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I touch; vt|i^deu
•Bros.-
their
week,
They were purchased by int;
migrants from’ Manitoba. , ■Miss Leach, late of * Seaforth,
speaks to Our readers in another col
umn, - She will, on Saturday next,
open but a stock of ^nillenery in Mr.
J. P. McIntyre’s-old stand,
‘A glass ball shooting match was
held in Exeter on the agricultural
fair grounds on -Good Friday be-'
tween Ailsa Craig and Exeter. Glass
balls were thrown into the air in all
directions by a patent trap, each
man shooting fifteen balls. Mr.
Mills, of Craig, acted as referee: Mr.
W- P- McFarlane, of Craig and Mr.
John Sanders, of Exeter acted as
judges and Mr. L. Thorne, of Exe
ter, as the scorer. The following
competed from Exeter,—F. G. Simp
lon, S. Fairbairn, P. Curtin, T. Bis
Mr. J. T. Mailing
household effects by
urday last.
Mr, John Harness
Mr. Luther Braund’s house,
North.
On Wednesday evening, April the
13th, the W.M.S. of the James St.
church met at the home of Mrs. G.
Manning and during the course of
the evening addresses were read and
pesented to Mrs, Manning and Mrs.
R. Sweet, both of whom are soon to
leave Ontario for the great North-inald
YEARS AGO
Harry Triebner and Reg-
t, of Chatham Business
spending the (holidays at
ive homes here.
Gerald and Erie I-Iurdon,
ve, Maurice Senior and
'ey were in London on
HIBBERT^
(To late for last week)
Miss Maude Millar, of Wdshago,
who spent the Easter holidays with
her brother Mr. Allan Millar,
returned to resume her duties
teacher at that place.
iMiss Pearl Harris is visiting at
home of he? parents Mr
Thos, Harris.
Among those who have recently
purchased new cars we learn of Mr.
Cecil Harris and Mr. Wellington,
Kerslake,
selves to
Miss li
holidays
Boundary, has returned to Kitchen
er,
The many friends of Mrs. Dooley
McDonald, of Staffa, nee Miss Clara
Sararas, will be pleased to learn that
she is recovering as well as can be
expected from her recent operation,
Mrs. McDonald is in St, Joseph’s
Hospital, London. f u
There passed away at his home Ill
Goderich Mr, Donald McMurchy, who
had been in failing health for the
last three months had been confined
to his home. Mr. McMurchy was in
his eighty-third year. Besides his
bereaved widow he leaves two sons
and two daughters,
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1 vestry meeting of the
rial church Was held in
hall on Monday evening
the rector, Rev. D. W.
eupied the chair, The
vere elected officers for
rear: C. H. Sanders, L.
. D. Hui'don, Samuel
Sanders, Dr. McGilli-
Waugh, S. Sweet, T.
Sanders, Chas. Dyer, G.
. Murplly. S. Sweet was
Laj- Delegate-with-James
Ernest Elliott as substi-
SAID you MUST
its are diseased. ‘We
Mrs. * Sybilla Spahr's
as applied. Tonsils
ition conceited. Try it,
Howey’s Drugstore.
rHE new Durant Forty opens the cl
satisfaction'than has previously b
cylinder field.
t You cannot fully realize the true
improved Durant models . . . (either
series) . . . until you sit in their com
them in morion . . * at any speed you ^fe!
tensely greater
5f the thoughtfully
ble seats and then test
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RUGBY TRUCKS IN »//T0N 1'0 1 *4 TON CAPACITIES
E. G. Kraft, Dashwood
Carried.
That tenders be
called for on tile construction of the
Winchelsea Creek and Stewart
Drains to be open at our ne'xt Coun
cil meeting, May 4th. Carried.
Wm. Johns presented the Audi
tors rep££j for 1928. It v;as adopt
ed 011 motion of Dew-Berry.
Skimmr-Williams: That the fol
lowing'bills be passed and paid viz:
Wickwire Print Shop, By-Iawg for
Stewart Drain $20.00y Dr. Graham,
M. O. H. expenses $6.00; Reeve, ex-
penses"of the Board of Health meet
ing $12.00; Times-Aclvocate. on ac
count i9 2S printing $65.15; William
Johns, auditor, auditing $17.00; E.
N. .Shier, ditto $17.00; F. Coates,
treasurer, salary $85.00, excise
stamps $15.00, total $100.00; Ray
Francis, snow work $9,85;. Roy
Johns’, ditto., $11.50; D. E. Hicks,
ditto $3.00; Roy Coward, ditto $ 7.6 0 ;
Wm.' Elford', ditto $2.00; Lloyd
Johns-', ditto $1.00; R. Williams, gra
velling %?5.00; E. Pym, filling holes
$2.50; Hector Rowcliffe, work" on
culvert $1.70; A. Etherington, ditto
$1.10; Wm. Brooks, d.itto §2.Off; H.
Hunter, ditto $1.50; Chas. Stephen,
ditto $6.00; Wm. Routly, dragging
<$14.85; Louis Fletcher, ditto $17.60;
Luther Reynolds, dtto $7.70; Ever
ett Skinner, ditto $11.80; Kenneth
Johns, ditto $16.85; Wm. Stephen
ditto $2.20; Freeman Horn, dragging
and drawing stone $20.40; Charles
Dayman, snow work $7.SO; Clarence
Johns, ditto $14.00; Fred Ford,
snow work and dragging $40.20; T.
Austin, repairs to graders $5.75; H.
Ford, superintendance. $77.25, team
labor $19.65, total $96.90. Carried
Council adjourned to meet on Sat
urday, (May 4th, at one o’clock.
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