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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1929-06-20, Page 2r THURSDAY, JUNE 20th, li)2Q THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Huron County Council < A Y't'i-olutiOn at the council of the township of Hay, asking the council to pass a by-law. giving the power to that township to collect arrears of taxes and’to perform all the acts empowered by said township to sell lands, •oil- cm feeoinmendation dative / Committee.' ':Mrs., R. M. Graham, the Mother's Allowance and spoke very interestingly to the council, re the work of the office. High Constable Thomas Gundry jgave th© information that he had collected $215.00 in fines under the V Cl. A. since February 18 th. The Legislative Committee ^commended that the amount of fines lor traffic violation on county roads ■Within ed by Tillage statute and etc. Grant- of the Legis- Inspector for , was present 1'6- a town or village, be refund- the council to said town or n i- grant to Ontario ■mn- words, that the parents of dents should make up the sum by an increase of fees those who are lienefitted. The qestiou of making a the University of Western Was referred to the education mittee. The education committee recom­ mended : owing to the condition .of our finances at present, we feel that we are unable to give a grant, but that the matter may be given favor­ able consideration in the future. We also suggest that as a matter of relief that readjustment be made in the fees payable by students ' in certain departments. , Education Committee 1 lim- pm-|are Ire- key per lork lied The Education ed as follows: -Re the several submitted as follows: Clinton .... Goderich .... Seaforth .... Wingham .. Exeter ..... Committee report- high school levies ...,$10,956.35 7,047.15 8,925.25 6,584,42 7,93'2.40 gidriire, and badly decayed, repair­ ed and put in proper order and it is now used as a sort of storehouse. It was also necessary to do some repairs badly needed 6to the women’s rooms, new flooring, repairs, to the bath tub These much to fence of • We found 86 inmates in the hom and all seemed contented and fed and looked after were recently tario Hospital, taken care of detriment and At present by the instruction of the committee, a cement foundation is being placed under the driving shed and when this is completed, it will be a good as well as needed im­ provement. The work is being done mostly by the inmates. At opr June meeting we visited all parts of the home and feel that the,-------- —.------ ---- — ---- prospect for a profitable crop of on-, attending a communication of Leb- 4 c I,- rm, ^4.1, minii T.nZlo*n A T4 IL A 1VT 50 YEARS AGO and papering two rooms, have been done and add the comfort and conven- the compartment. ■ S? well men On- been Two added from the , These have and have proved no are easy to control. ■ We are sorry to inform our read' ers that Mr. Hodgson is still con­ fined which he of On Trott, Northwest where he intends romai trig for about two months. Mr. Trott owns land in Manitoba and acc.oi’c* ing to the terms, on which grants‘ art’ given, by the government, he has to put in an appearance. One day .last week while Mr, Wm. Rowcliffe, of 'the 1st con. of Steplieh, was engaged in logging, a burnt stump eleven feet high and-seven or eight inches through, fell, striking him on the back of the head and in­ flicting an 'ugiy wound, knocking him senseless .for some time,. | .We regret to learn that Mr, R. Seldon was . taken, seriously ill while The other crops lookions is good, good also, Itlias been the tobacco raising again until the prospects seem better.’ Your committee is of the opinion that the County Home is an.honor to the County in every way,-—Ernest A. Adams, Chairman. decided hot to go into to the house through was thought at first short duration. , Monday morning Mr, of Exeter W, departed for All the Goodness of the Wheat In a Tasty, Digestible Form Jin ess, would With all the bran : of the whole wheat eat it crumbled up or in biscuit form*; ate ty K-S ^mee^©xisun^conditiohs. 3bald on table. . On Thursday afternoon a number of committed reports were received and disposed of. There was con­ siderable discussion in connection with the report of the county road ^jGSdjypission. The report was adopt­ ed, hut With a rider attached to the offect that tlm commission so regu­ late the expenditures on the county system 'that the levy should not ex­ ceed two mills. _ When the question of liability in­ surance whs taken up Messrs. Hub- 3jaivl and., H. A. Keyes presented a anotron that* the „ county take out such insurance as’a”pi*otection in case accidents occurring on the county TOjMls. This motion was carried, 21 ip 8. . Representatives of- the Globe In- . Co. and the Canadian Gen- ■ oral Insurance Co. then addressed the council, and finally a motion was adopted to take out a policy with the latter company, under which ■ Hie county/will be protected to the 43xtent of $10,0A0 on any one acci­ dent. The’ yearly premium on this irolicy is $648.00. Tho council voted on this motion _/2iJy>r to j, .agjiinst. 1 e-H ub b ar d: Tliat the Clerk and Treasurer be granted two weeks’ ’holidays each and to arrange that .orfe be on duty while the* other is srway.—-C arr ie d. We recommend that these be paid when verified by the Clerk with the additional grant or refund per sec­ tion 35, chapter 326, Revised Sta;, tutes of Ontario. 1927. Re the adjoining county high school loans as follows: Listowel ................. $ Parkhill ...... ........ Stratford .................. Harriston ................ St. Marys ................. for attendance of Huron Pils. We recommend these be paid' when verified. We further recommend that high school grants and those also to con­ tinuation-schools be paid when veri­ fied, on or before the first of De­ cember to enable school boards to complete their business early in De­ cember. Auditors’ Report The auditors reported as follows on 'the Accounts and financial stand­ ing of the county for the year 1928: anon Forest Lodge, A. F. & A. M., on Monday night'. On ^Tuesday • morning last an ex­ cursion train, consisting of ten cars, left this place for Port Stanley. Over four hundred persons bounded the train at Exeter, the majority of them being young people. At Centralia the Exeterites were joined by about one hundred more, excursionists. * On Monday morning last M’r. R. H. Verity, of Exeter, Mr. A Qudmore of Usborne and Mr. I-Iogarjth of Step­ hen, arrived in Exeter after being in Manitoba for about a mohth, ’’’ 1,117.84 225.92 . .103.63 205.05 378.12 County pu- County Property County Property Committee, was as follows; visited the gaol -and found ■ / Receipts < Cash in bank, Jan. 1st. $ Co. rates, 1927, Morris & Goderich Townships. County rates, 192 8 ..... Criminal Justice .......... FineS ?4................... Schools’ ........................ County Home ............. Registrar ..................... Loans ............................. Division Court ............. Provincial Treasurer, re Coi;n Borer Act ....... Licenses ....................... Hospital refund's ........ Land tax .................... Children’s Shelter ....... 10,039.93 198.00 1,277.00 111.00 966.79 86.00 25 YEARS AGO The report We everything in very good. condition, with eleven prisoners at present. We visited the Registry Office and found everything—in order. We visited the'Treasurer’s Office and found everything in order. We would recommend that a filing cab­ inet be supplied for the office in ac­ cordance with the auditors’ report and estimated at $60.00. We also recommend the . purchase of a . re­ built typewriter. We visited the Magistrate’s Office and found it in good condition.—J. W. Craigie, chairman. Total receipts Professor Kingston Speaks Professor Kingston of the Uni- •versity of Western Ontario address­ ed the council on. the invitation of the Warden. The University, he ■said, was a regional university and relied for support on the fourteen ■counties of western Ontario. It qyas nonsectarian and was patroniz- •ed by people of every church. Pro­ fessor Kingston gave an account of the various activities of the Univer­ sity and details of its financial needs -appealed to Huron to pay the cost of the stu- alehts attending from Huron County. • Dr., ■that di e: •dents, Milne expressed the opinion e fees charged by the Univer- ipecially. those of the arts stu- should be raised: or, in other House of Refuge The House of Refuge Committee reported as follows. Your committee has had’ two meetings since the January session, one on the Sth of March and one on the third of June. The quarterly accounts were, audited on each of these occasions as follows:„ March $2,457.15; June, $2,730.07*; Total, $5,187.22. On eaqh occasion we made all in- It has been decided not to go into and found everything in splendid order and a real credit to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob, who are doing a splen­ did work and keeping the Home and county farm in excellent shape. Many repairs and1 improvements are needed from time to time and this year has -been no exception. We have had the old ice house, not I needed since the installation of Fi'i- Expenditures Outstanding cheques ’ Criminal Justice ........ County Home ............. Schools ....................... Grants' ......................... Municipal. Government County Property .........’ Children’s Shelter ....... Mother’s allowance .... ' Goal*............... Hospitals & Charities .. Interest and *exchange Printing & Stationery .. Division Court V*........ Land/Tax ............f....... Watev-Yand Light Com­ mission '.................. Telephone ‘.............. .’. Loans Repaid ............ Miscellaneous ...............' Mrs. Brown 'and grand-daughter^ Mrs. Allan, of Wroxeter, are visiting. Mr. and Mrs. W. Grigg. Mrs. Brown’ was a resident of Exeter for a very great number of years leaving' here a few years ago to live with ’her son, Dr. Brown, at Wroxeter. Miss Norma Bobier took part in the sacred concert-as soloist o'n jMion- ,day evening at ..Crediton,.. J Mr. Aloway, wlTo’ recently arrived here from-Ex’eter, England,• and ‘who has . taken . possession of Mr. Paiu.l Madge.’s cottag©-near the river, has accepted a ‘position. for the summer .with Mr. Cann, of Usborne. . • , Messrs. Handford & Elliott ship­ ped a car l.oad of horses'to Manitoba on,., Wednesday. • Mr. Elliott having disposed of his farm property . in Sjtephen, will leave for,Manitoba on Monday, taking up his residence in Winnipeg. ” ''w” „ Mr. Aid win Evans left Monday foY' London ' where he intends learning the .telegraph operating. ■ ‘ „ .. . ? Miss’’Godwin-has" rfeturned- from a $i$rt?to' Toronto and St. Catherines mfid^is engaged? to read at Centenary 'clrurch,.fSyiyah" on Monday..'evening, and Granton the following Wednes-. day. 156.78 598.00 113,000.00 827.95 YEARS AGO Total ...................334,923.$5 Total receipts .............$ 331,’164.17 Total Expenditures $ 334,923.8.6 Deficit.? , 3,7594'9 —— . * , L .PRIZES FOR ‘ i • ENTRANCE CANDIDATES 1 For the encouragement of pupils St the rural schools, Mr. J. E. Tom, former school inspector for We$t Huron, is offering two prizes open to candidates at the high school en­ trance examinations from rural pub­ lic or. seperate schools having only one teacher. One prize will be .for the candidates, whose papers are ex­ amined by Goderich board of ex­ aminers; the other for fhose whose papers ai/e exainined by, the Exeter boar$. • In each case the prize will be awarded to the pupil taking the highest total marlcs. ' At the last meeting ^of the Western Huron Teachers4 Association Mr. Tom an­ nounced his intention of giving thesS prizes, and it is pleasing to see fhat, although retired from of­ ficial, connection with the schools,, he retains his interest in the boys and girls of the inspectorate. over wliicli 'for so many years he held a, guiding lirind. rangers, breaking in his youngest fisherman at the tender Age of ‘'half-past-two.Canadian Na­ tional Railways photograph. Mrs? IL E. Thomas, Juniper Station, N.B.Z writes:—“I can truly say that Doan's Kidney Pills put me on my feet after a week of suffering with a lame back-?- ( back hurt me so I could not sit up, and also hurt when I laid down On the Fed. I got so bad I had to give up my •,< housework and go to bed. * . “I had rubbed on several kinds off liniment but got no relief. <1 “I got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills’ and-Started taking them and after I had takein four dosts I began to feel “ getting ’ some relief, and before finished the box/my back .was entirely better?’ f Price, 50 eehta a box at nil^fuggfets of deal­ ers, of mailed ditect on receipt otprice by? The T. Millburhi Co., Ltd., Toronto, Oht. 15 Among the, sales of autos made the last few weeks by-Mr. Wes. Snell Ford agent at Exeter are Mr. Good- houd, Nelson Stanlake, Geo. Windsor Wilfred Lawson, Veterinary ’ Eckert, W...R. Elliott,-Father Rondot, Jacob Deichert, J. H. Ross, T. L. McCurdy, Jas. Routly, Jdseph Amy, Dr. Balfour •Fred Ellerington, Emil Hendricks, Ambrose Cottle, Dr. Amos, W. S. Bell, Dalf. Stibbins, C. Hackney, P. Gardiner. » On June 16th, 1914 we had a very 'slight"frost doing no injury. •/Mr.'Robert Sanders arrived home last week from a several months trijj through the Southern and Western States and the Western' Provinces of Canada. ’ . Two of Exeter’s oldest residents, Mrs. B. V. Elliott arid Mb Wm. Drew are still very ill-at their respective homes. 1 ' . Crisp it in the oven—i— ----------- .r . ,, , £ j « Cover it with cooling crepm or milk. Rich *n all the rood ele< ments you need—vitamins and salts—delicious for any meal»( . ’ iSate the paper inserts in each package. ^SHINGLES Handsom fireproof, e old roofs—pe Get the facts, tinsmith or carperi GALVANIZED SIDING? < for Outside Wats “ Three attractive' nafc- terns. With building paper are warm, dry. windproof. Easy to put on and paint. oss-Taylor Co., Ltd. Exeter, ites gladly furnished for any job, in any- ’ l Gradeof Seaman Kent Oak, Maple or Birch :: FACTS AMD SAVE YO JR MONEY Ontario SHEET STEEL Ceilings Stop falling plaster; end unsightly cracked ceil­ ings. Easy- to put up quickly and onco up they stay. No dust or litter. Easy to clean or paint. You will never regret the purchase of a ^Sheet Steel Ceiling. 1|1 BEAUTIFUL— FIRE-PROOF Sheet Steel Ceilings look well, resist fire effect- . ively. Add brightness to halls, stores, churches, schools; kitch6n3 and bathrooms. Do nothing till you get the prices and full particulars. SEEYOUR tOmith fl>; iff the “North Country” of *■ Algonquin .Park, they start '■ fishermen young-/-and the ? tibiqultous' barefoot boy-with the alder pole almost puts to shame the * '^Xpia'ist Angler With his Split bam- tWd fiy ’rod and all tho other expen­ lei,ye Mappings of the game. The •, Marefpot boy at 4 Da ven try, a gta- the Canadian National jMWlWys id Northern Algonquin t*ark,got bigger fish, if not mote of thafi did the tourist with the Wuamboo outfit—and they Catch waif-si^ed spockfed trout up in * Mbeq waters. 4 To the right is fwray**' Graht> Pne Of the Park REPORT OF S. S. NO. 1, STEPHEN The following 4s the report for S. S. No. 1. Stephen, for the months of May and June. Sr. 75.20. Jr. 79.7. Failed—Geraldine Hedden 5 6.6; G. Hedden 43.6. Absent from examina­ tions, Roy LoVie. Sr. Ill, -pass—Williafn A. Elliott 71.6. Failed-—Margaret White 49.6 Aaron Hodgins 55.9. Jr. Ill, honors-—Mildred Hicks 87.3 Mildred Elliott 82.6; Leroy Schroe­ der 80.5; Reg. Hodgson 77.5; Harry Hodgins 75<6. Pass-Walter Mit­ chell 71.6; Allan Richards 63.3; E. Heaman 61.5. Failed—Ilene Walk­ er 49.5. Jr. II, honors-—Marion Lovie 92.3^ Earl Schroeder 84.8, Alden ’Walker 84.2. Pass—Orpha Hodgin# 69.1; Stanley Hicks 66.8. First Class, honors—Audrey P-owe 78.4. Primer Sr., honors—Clifford 84.8. • Pass—Orville* Mitchell Donald penliale 65.6. . Jr. Primer, honors—Lloyd man 76.6. Pass—Jack Hepburn 70. Harvey Lovie 60. Number on roll 30 Beryl A. Hill, teacher IV, honors—Pauline Hodgi>■J * IV, honors—Dbrotliy Hick Pass—Gerald Schroeder 72.9 Hea- John Taylor Here is the 1929 tire for the 1929 car„. New in design and construction. Extra thick tread has deep-cut blocks ta-< • give greater non-skid mileage. Rugged carcass is built with web cord. It., has strength where 1929 motoring con-.- ditions demand it. Side-walls are strongly- buttressed to resist rut and curb wear. For safety and long mileage, for the job- your 1929 c it has to do, the new Royal Cord is the Mie tire for you. .'J 1 —:-------------------"j DOMINION Micks 67.2; Mr, aiid Mrs, Fr6d Hunkiri Mr, and Mrs. John Solves and Ilyr of fixetef, visited with Mr, Mrs* Athos Darling cm Sunday* --Ailsa dfliig Banner.’ ' DOMINION TIRE DEPOT EXETER