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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-02-09, Page 1i I f FEBRUARY SALE OF Shoes, Rubbers, O’shoes & Clothing Big Savings for Cash. Men’? Lumberman’s Heavy^ Rubbers $1.95 * Per Parr ..........................................V Boys’ Heavy Rubbers Per Pair ...... Men’s Fine Oxfords Per Pair ......... Men’s Farm Boots Lea or Panco Soles Per Pair ....................................... . Men’s One-Buckle Overshoes Per Pair .......................... Men’s Two-Buckle Overshoes Per Pair .......................... , Men’s $3.95 All Red Rubber Boots f Per Pair ...................................... Boys’ Rubber Boots Per Pair ......... Men’s $1.50 Blue Overalls size 40 Only at per pair................. . . . $1.50 $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 $1.98 $3.19 $2.19 Read Every Item, •w Men’s $1.50 Blue Smock, all sizes . . . Each ........................................................’ Women’s high grade Slippers, Ties Pu(mps, ’ Straps &c. not all sizes in any one kind, but all 4 sizes in the lot. Slippers that sold for $5.00 < a pair, one table of them QK Per pair . . . ............................... *** ’ Women’s Canvas Slippers, Leather Soles, at per pair . . . Boys’ School Boots, sizes 1 to 5 1-2: Per pair ............... Women’s Rubber Overshoes Per pair .................................... Misses Rubber Overshoes Per pair ....................................... Child’s Rubber Overshoes Per pair ....................................... 85c- $1.19 $1.10 $1.00 Boys’ Plaid Windbreakers, reg $2.50 I Each $1.85 S. M Dear- R. N. LADIES’ AND MISSES’ HOUSE DRESSES ON SALE 10 dozen Ladies’ and Misses house-dresses, good quality materials on sale this week in xtwo price groups at 79c. and $1.00 each. NEW SIMPLICITY PATTERNS FOR SPRING AT 15c. We believe the Simplicity is the best cheap pattern shown today. They are shown in good styles and are easy to work with. See the new spring styles. FACTORY SHEETING ON SALE ' Extra heavy 40-inch Factory Sheeting, our regular 30c. a yard quality on z~.le this week at 21c. a yard or 5 yards for $1.00. PRINTS AT 19c. A YARD, EXCELLENT QUALITY, FAST COLORS, 36 INCH. WIDE. SUPERIOR CHAIN STORE Prices quoted are for Thursday, Friday and Saturday Singapore Sliced Pineapple .... 2 tins 19c. Aylmer Golden Bantam Corn . . 3 tins 35c. Prunes medium 3 lbs. 25c.; large 2 lbs. 25c. McCormick’s Buttermilk Cookies doz. 10c. Huron Toilet Paper...........8 rolls for 25c. Blue Jay Canned Peas, choice qual. 2 19c. Salada Tea................1-2 lb. 23c.; 1 lb. 45c. Libby’s Pork & Beans med. size 5c. larg. 10 Grape-Nuts Flakes ............... 2 pkgs. 23c. Olives, stuffed or plain, ... 13 oz. jar 19c. Minute Tapioca ...................... 2 pkgs. 23c. Phone 32 Jones & May - SPECIAL February Sale 4- 13c. 17c. 24c. 29c. 35c. Excell-All Floor Wax 23c. lb. Aluminum Sauce Pans— 1 qt. size.................. 2 qts. size................. 2 1-2 qts. size......... 3 qts. size............. Zinc Wash Boards . . . 1-4, 3-8, 1-2 in. Auger Bits For....................3 for 75c. No. 1 Galvanized Tubs 89c. Galvan. Clothes Line Wire per foot ......................,l~2c. Cream & Green Dish Pans 59 L. handle gravel Shovels 75c. 22 Short Super Clean Cartridges ............. 19c. Alum. Percolators 64 & 69c. Alum. D’ble Boilers 54 & 64 Glass Measuring Cup . . .9c. Clothes Pins .... 49 for 10c. Elec. Light Bulbs 6 for 89c. Steel Wool Sc pkg. Coleman Mantle . . 2 for 15c No. 2 Galvan. Tubs . . . 98c. Galvan. Wash Boilers 98c. ea No. 12 Galvan. Pails . . 20c. Curry Combs....................19c. Johnson’s Glo-cote Wax for Floors and Linoleums Needs no polishing............................................per pint tin 69c. Dreadnaught Emergency Tire Chains .........................each 49c. Onliwon Paper Towel Containers, Colored, Given FREE1 with every purchase of 3 pkgs, of Paper Towels 125 stereiized towels in package value............. 25c. pkg. TRAQUAIR & LINDENFIELD SUSPENDED SENTENCE An Exeter youth appeared before Magistrate Reed,« Goderich, Thurs-' day of last week and pleaded guilty to robbing the, Erie Oil Gas station at Exet<?r on the night of January 14th, taking the sum of $21.75. The youth pleaded that he had found the door of the gas station /pen and was tempted to steal through -dire neces sity as he was one of a large family and out of employment, The magis trate gave him two years suspended s&ntence. At the time of the robbery there had been no evidence of any violence used to force the doors of windows. THANK PASTOR FOR SERVICE The pert Hope Evening Guide con tained the following reference to Rev, Duncan McTavish, former pas tor of the James St. United Church: "At a well attended meeting ot‘ the Official Board of the Port Hope United Church the following motion was carried unanimously,—"We, the members of th/ official board of the Port Hope United Church, desire to express our appreciation of the kind ly spirit and the faithful preaching of the Gospel by our Pastor, Rev Duncan McTavish and especially for the splendid explanation of the CONCERT BY MEN ONLY of Caven Presbyterian Church AT OPERA HOUSE, FEBRUARY 22nd FARM SOLD Mr. W. Fotherby, of London, has purchased from Mr. John Caldwell his fine farm on the highway just north of 1st. Mr. eter into Elliott. Exeter. Caldwell will the residence Possession March' move to Ex- of Mr. Thus CARS f BOARD OF EDUCATION F Inaugural meeting of the Board ► of Education was held in the Pub- L lie Library Wednesday evening, Feb k 1st at 8 o’clock. Absent H. T. Rowe r In the absence of Mr, AV. May► chairman, the chair was taken oy b W. H. Dearing, vice chairman, k Gath of office was subscribed tc £ by the following elected members: ► County, R. N. Creech; Town, AV. H< k Penhale, Thos. Jones, S. M. Sanders k and Mrs. Beavers. The following was the order of► business then submitted and approv- ed. k Per Mrs. Beavers and T. Jones, that AV. May be re-elected chairman► Per S. M. Sanders and T. Jones ► That AV. H. Dearing be vice-Miair- k man.K Per S. M. Sanders and T. Jones ► that Miss MacFaul be Sec.-Treas. ► Per L. Day and AV. H. Penhale . That Thos. Pryde be Library repre- smitative f<J1f*’tlie years 1933, '34, ’35 ► Per L. Day and S. M. . Sanders ► That the committees remain as last ► year, Mr. Creech taking Mr. Turn bull's place as same; committees tc ’ read as follows: ► Insurance, R. N. Creech, L. Day , and F. J. Delbridg<v, Teacher’s supply and, study cour- 1 ses, Mrs. Beavers, F. J. Delbridge 1 II. T. Rowe and W. May. , Building, Grounds Com., Sanders, Thos. Jones, W. H. ing and AV. H. Penhale. ■ Scholarship, H. T. Rowe, , Creech, W. H. Dearing and Princi pal AVethey. Fuel .Supplies, AV. H. Penhale, S. M. Sanders and Thos. Jones. Finance, L. Day, Mrs. Beavers, AV. May. Per W. H. Penhale and S. M. San ders, That the chairman .or vice chair and sec.-treas., be empowered to sign cheques for the year’s busi ness. Per S. M, Sanders and T. Jones . that the date of monthly meeting be the second Monday evening at 8 o'clock unless otherwise arranged. Minutes of the previous meeting were then read by Sec’y and approv ed by vice chairman. The Building & Grounds Com mittee reported that the ventilation had been looked after and desks tightened. Report from Insurance Company stated that the insulation in no way affected the rate of in surance. Principal Wethey reported an en rolment in the High School of .1.72 for December and January, Average attendance 160. School had been open every lawful day with staff complete. Reports had been issued to all pupils in attendance. Any parents not having seen report should notify the principal. A sup ply of paper was needed. Principal Howard’s report from j Public School showed number on I roll 228, 118 girls and 110‘ boys I Four pupils had entered from other i schools and one left. During the j month there were 412 days absence i rep'orted. Average attendance 204- j .'03. Work progressing steadily, j Per AAr. H. Penhale and F. J. Del- I bridge, That the two reports be ; adopted. Exam paper as required I for H. S. to be looked af(er by S j M. Sanders. ! Per Si. M. Sanders and AV. H .Pen- I hale, 'That amount asked from the Council for the year be $850'0.00. ; Per S. M. Sanders and T. Jones 1 That owing to illness of Mr. Howard u ' his room be closed for the two dayr “ • and time to be made' up on Satur- ‘ days. If for a longer period, Mr. R. : Parsons to be the substitute. Adjournment, W. H. Penhale. * K. MacFaul, Sec’yI ; _ The ‘ “ Cars CENTRALIA YOUNG MAN a ra * PASSES SUDDENLY DEMONSTRATION On Tuesday February 14th Ontario Swine Demonstration will visit Hensail from 9 to 12 These cars are featuring brood sow and pure bred boar sales with lee- Mr. Hector William Mitchell pass- tures on hog markets, hog grading ' ed away suddenly Saturday morn hog parasites, hog feeding and hog ing at his home on the third conces- breeding. sion of Stephen Tp., about a mile west of Centralia. Mr. Mitchell, who was in his 44tli year, had not been , we'l for some time. During the fall he was confined to his bed but a ' few weeks ago he was again able to be around and apparently was in his normal health. The deceased was a son of the late James Mitchell He was united in marriage witb Miss Florence Huxtable, who with a family of three small children, Or ville, Donald and Marjorie mourn the loss of a loving husband and father. Ho is also survived by four CELEBRATE JULY 12th IN BRUSSELS The annual meeting- of the County Loyal Orange Lodge was held in the Oddfellows Hall Tuesday with prac tically all of the lodges being well represented. County Master Wor Bro. E. Faultier, of Cretiiton, was m the chair. The treasurer’s report shoiyed the finances to be in the best condition in years. It was decided to celebrate the 12tli of July in Brits- brothers and one sister, Horman on seis this year. A resolution was the adjacent farm. FranIc, Bert and passed placing the county assocm- Barl of the, West and Mrs> Robt bon on record as unalterably oppos- Cunningham, of McGillivray. The G(L change in the law -hat funeral was hold Tuesday afternoon would divert any taxes from publK (conducted by Rav, A. v. Robbt of services (utilities) and corporations, Central}a> with interment in the in extension of, the separate schoo Exeter cemetery. The pall-bearer privi.ogos which was accepted and were Messrs. Murray Elliott, Gordon regarded as a final settlement of und Elinor Wilson, Milton and Bruce the controvetsey in 1863 The *'ol-1 Mitchell and A’rthur Robinson l0? elected .and i Friends were present at the funera1 weie installed by Rast County Mas- ifrom Lucan, London, Crediton and ter C. Cornish, of Clinton: ; Exeter Past County Master, Ed. Faultier ‘ Cretiiton; Dep. Master, Gordon E i Lamport, Exeter; Chap., E. M. Dig- nan, Exeter; Rec. Sec., H. M, Han ley, -Clinton; F. Sec., M. J. Schnoles. VAWNTlNIi .PARTIES—Cut flow ers for your party or any occasion at Grieve’s Drug Store. •r had lived room give a memo to them. She to the superintendent Mr Beavers, for the school a bronze Japanese vase MAIN ST. SUNDAY SCHOOL ENJOYS ANNIVERSARY Sunday, February 5th was the anniversary day at Main St. United Sunday School. Everyone had an ticipated a splendid day of service and song and were not disappoint ed. ’ The committee was fortunate in having as speaker for the day Rev. Mr. and Mrs, P. G. Price and their adopted Japanese daughter Miss Taka Masuada Price. The speaker at the morning ser vice was Mrs. price. /She and Miss Taka Price were dressed in Japan ese costipne. Mrs. Price was a form er member of this Sunday School and of the church choir. ’She told many stories of life in Japan and was listened to very attentively. She introduced her adopted Japanese daughter who spoke in Japanese which was translated by Mrs. Price A platform had been erected and was filled with members of the school who led the song service Mr. James Francis sang a solo in splendid voice. The Misses EHeen and Lilian Kestle sang very sweetly a duett “Coming, Yes, We’re Com ing.” At the close of the morning service Mr. and Mrs. Price greeted practically all of the congregation and the many visitors, who known Mrs. Price while she here. In the afternoon the school was filled to capacity to hear the ad dress of Miss Taka Price, a student in theobigy at Emmanuel College Toronto and to view the scenes of Japan thrown on the screen by the lantern. She began her address bringing greetings from the children of Japan and by telling some habits and customs -of the Japanese and showing many things made and used in that country, including cup and saucer, tea pot, doll, writing paper envelopes, the festival of the dot's chop sticks, towel, wooden shoes and other things. This was followed by the showing of forty five colored slides of life in Japan with a won derfully fine explanation of each Then she taught the children a Ja panese song. Mrs. Price spoke a few words to the Sunday School and said she still held that this was her Sun day School and because of this she wanted to presented B. W. F. beautiful which was graciously received, and will be much prized by the Sunday School. Mrs. Geo. Layton moved a vote of thanks to the speakers, saying she believed it was her privilege to do so as she is the Missionary Superinten dent; this was seconded by Mrs Beavers, a former school mate and friend -of Mrs. Price. The S. S .or chestra assisted at the morning and afternoon meetings. In the evening Rev. P. G. Price was the speaker. His one aim was to get the audience to understand the characteristics of these people If any one should ask "What is the Spirit of Japan?” It is the sweet perfumed cherry blossoms glittering i'n the morning sun. His message was delivered in a quiet, forcefu1 way and was much appreciated by the large attentive audience. Chil dren again led the singing. A beau tiful quartette was well rendered by Rev. Elliott, the pastor, Messrs. Jas Francis, Marvin Howey and Gerald; Skinner. Rev. Mr. Price is superintendent of the East Tokio Mission. To use the words of Rev. Dr. Mill- son, he has done the finest social service work of any one in Japan. Main St. will long remember thh anniversary and the inspirational addresses of the three speakers. FATHER DIES Mrs. W. T. Quinn, of Usborn?, je- ceived word last week of the death of her father Mr. William McKim of Welsford, N. B., who passed away in his 80th year. Mr. McKim had been a lifelong resident of the community in which he lived. Be sides his bereaved widow he is sur- fived by five sons and two daughters Mr. Sam’l McKim a brother of Mrs. Quinn visited here about three weeks ago. BsanraEHi Petty thieving is going on 111 Exe-1 tor. One local establishment was I »u,y, vuiuiuuj jp . Kjeu,, m. u, ocjiuvwb, broken into AVediiosday evening and | ! Clinton; Treas., Goo. Dhvis, Exotor; some small chahge and pastagf-r The theft no- • --k j wonting of God s Holy Spnit in the Lets., j. M’cLeod, Varnti; Sec. Lec.;stamps were taken. ... . ....... ... lives of meh and. •women, as given [John. Dkotot; County Mar-curved between six and eight o’clock last Sunday morning.” I shall, Bro. Webster, Varna, | in the evening. a CRITICALLY ILL Mr. Harry Parsons was taken ser iously ill Friday last with a spell of the heart and his condition at pres ent is very critical, little hopes be ing held out for his recovery. UNDERGOES OPERATION Mr. Richard Coates was taken ser iously ill on Tuesday with an acute attack of appendicitis and was rush ed to Victoria Hospital, London, in R. N. Rowe’s ambulance. Mrs. Coat es and his brothers William and Paul Coates, accompanied him to London where he underwent an operation the same evening. The operation was successful and Mr. Coates’ many friends will hope for his speedy re covery. COLE—JOHNS NQPTIALS Mr. Fred Cole and his bride (nee Miss Olive Johns) were in Exeter for a short time on Tuesday. Mr Cole was united in marriage with Miss Johns, daughter, of Mrs. J Johns, of Elimvir.e, at Pt. Stanley the cerepiony was performed by Rev Andrew Boa. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Alex Johns, of Lu can with whom they have been visit ing for several days. MOVED TO WINDSOR . Mr. Verne L. Roulston, who is employed with the Tamblyn Drug Co. and has been in Stratford for the past year and a half has" been promoted to Windsor where- he will be second man in one of the largest stores of that company. He assumed his new duties on Monday. Mrs Roulston spent the rorepart of the week with her parents here. POSTPONED WOSSA HOCKEY STRATFORD VS. EXETER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th Commencing at 8.30 Tuesday tickets good for Admission; 20c. and p.m. this game 10c. Hockey Exeter Arena Thursday Night (FEBRUARY 9?h) at 8:15 o’clock COLONIAL1 CAFE OF LONDON VS. EXETER Come out to see another good game. Fans were greatly enthused over the last game between the team from the city and the local puckchasers. Admission 15 and 25c. NEW AND OLD TYME DANCE in the —✓ Exeter Opera House Thursday, Feb. 16 ------------ “Ye Old Tyme Variety Orchestra” Western Ontario’s finest Old Tyiue f Bajul Three effects of Sleight of Hand during intermission Gents 25c. Ladies 10c. VALENTINE SUPPER * James Street United Church Under Auspices of the Women’s Association TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14th Supper Served from 5.30 to 8 p.m. PROGRAM: A HUMOROUS PLAY “THE SECRET SOCIETY” given by The Young Ladies Class of the Sunday School Musical numbers between acts Admission: Adults 35c.; Children under 15 yeai-s 20c, EVERYBODY WELCOME