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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-11-02, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1933 Well Known Man Was Topnotcher Competed With Best Runners and Jumpers on the American Contin­ ent Winning Scores of Prizes at linage Centres — Prowess Bittle Known by Present Generation Due to the Modesty of Former Speeder (By IS, J. Elliott in St. Marys Journal-Argus) You have no doubt met and know Mr. Amos Doupe of Kirkton through his activities pertaining to County Fairs. But the Amos Doupe I ask you to meet is this same Amos Doupe than half a century ago and up to the present He is well nown as the efficient and capable Sec-Treas. of the Kirkton Agricultural Society, but he may not be known as one of the greatest professional athletes of which Canada could proudly boast same fifty odd years ago. With your kind indulgence I will endeavor to give you a few instances of his prow­ ess as an athlete. Also it may be an inspiration to the rising generation that the farmer boy must not think he is the hayseed, or sodbuster his city cousins would try to prove him. Now before I go into the athletic activities of Mr Doupe, it was ques­ tion of whether he belonged to Kirk­ ton, as many of the advertising post­ ers of that day claimed in blazing ■letters that Amos Doupe, of St. Marys champion high jumper of . Canada would be present and take an active part. This of course was quite a drawing card and of course St. Marys accepted the honor without demur but Kirkton can claim him as their own as will be shown later. Now some fifty years or more back Caledonian games were held in prac­ tically every town and city on every holiday and many special days thro’- out tlie year as may be seen later in this sketch. Those games consisting of sprinting, jumping, shot-putting, tossing a fifty-six pound weight, toss­ ing the caber, etc. Every boy in vil­ lage was busy in leisure moments at practice. Thus it was that Amos Doupe after defeating all the boys around the village was persuaded to tackle some of the trained athletes at those games. Consequently fifty- four years ago he made his debut among the professionals at Exeter and was so badly beaten that he did not even get a third. His friends like Job of spiritual fame, flocked around him and tried to discourage him. What chance had a green farmer boy against such trained ath­ letes?” > But Amos was of a different mind. He would yet prove that a farmer was not to be despised. Hence his next start at Mitchell the following year when in succeeded in putting over his first win, hop, step and jump Next gt. Maryis, where he captured two firsts. This seemed to give him more confidence when he laid aside his farm colthes and came out in a fine athletic uniform with sport shoes. The following year, May 24, falling on Sunday, Walkerton cele­ brated on Saturday, there he won three firsts and second in pole-vault, first in 100 yard race and credited with 10 seconds. At St. Marys the following Monday he again won many prizes. July list the same year at Brant­ ford, he met an old opponent, in E. Tisdale, of Tillsonburg, who defeat­ ed him on his initial appearance as a farm boy at Exeter. There he had the satisfaction of beating him in all the jumps. Probably no town or city could attract a crowd as the little town of Lucknow at Caledonia games Just fifty years ago Amos found him­ self in the greatest throng of people in his career up to this time. It was estimated ten thousand people had assembled to see the great Donald Dinnie of Scotland, heavyweight ath­ lete and Duncan C. Ross, champion of U. S. A. Those two were the draw­ ing card. In tossing the caber which was a green beech fourteen feet long, eight inches at the base and five inches at the top. Dinnie of Scot­ land whs the only man to turn the trick. Try it, boys! Amos later found his way to De­ troit and found himself up against R. Dowse, champion high jumper of the States, who defeated him in the high jump but Amos came back and annexed the hop-step and the long jump. Dowse then came over to On­ tario to try his luck and seemed to have the edge on Amos until they met in gtratford when they were in a tie on the high jump but later Amos defeated him at Wingham, clearing .the bar close to six feet. The crowd showed their elation by voci­ ferous cheering for the farm lad who had defeated the U. S. champion. A few weeks later a circuit of games took place In the following towns all in one week, Brussels, Paisley ami Wingham, when Amos collected as his share seventy-five dollars of win­ nings, not bad, considering the size of the prizes those days to what they were later. Probably one of the most note­ worthy events of his athletic career was at Stratford in the month of August when he laid aside his fork in the harvest field after a hard day, and proceeded to Stratford to com­ pete with a big field of trained ath­ letes and defeated them all. His hop, step and jump was 4'5 ft. 7J in. The late W. C. Moscrip, of St. Marys, ; who was one of the judges refused to let him make any further effort to beat it as none of his opponents came close but Amos always maintained if he had been given a chance that day he could have increased it by a couple of feet. His last appearance forty-eight years ago in St. Marys, when the late J. D. McCall .himself a great athlete in shot putting, etc.) put on the games a the fair grounds when Amos was a winner of six firsts. In all he won over one hundred and fifty prizes, not bad for a farm boy Of course his records have been broken at Olympic games. But had he got the same training with the alcohol rubbings and massages there is no telling what he might have done. After retiring he was very much in demand as a judge, while the Caledonian games were still in vogue, being well posted on the rules He has always been very reticent about his athletic achievements and no doubt there are many of the pres­ ent generation in his own commuity who were not aware of his athletic prowess. He was also a player of tne Kirk­ ton baseball and football teams. He was married in 1896 to Miss Eliza J. Kirk, youngest daughter of the late David Kirk, first president of the Kirkton Agricultural Society of which Amos has 'been Sec’y.-Treas. for the past twenty-nine years and for over forty years a director and a fomer president. He is probably one of the best-known men connected with county fairs as he also holds the office of (Sec’y.-Treas. for the past 10 years of District No. 8 Fairs Associa­ tion, comprising the counties, Perth Huron, Middlesex and Lambton. He is a member of the United church, a member of the Session and the Trus­ tee Board. He has two sons, Reg. H., of St* Marys, William at home, ahd one daughter, Mrs. Herman Paynter, Fourth Con, Blanshard. Amos still resides on the farm on which he was born. His father, the late Henry Doupe with his mother, both school teachers in Ireland came to Canada in 1849 and took up two hundred acres of bush 'land which they cleared and it became the home of a large family of whom only three remain. The subject of this sketch, Amos, has one brother, Nathan and a sister, Catherine, all of Kirkton. I might just mention here that this brother, Nathan, was also an athlete of no mean ability and did not let Amos run away with all the prizes, altho’ he began much later. But he gen­ erally brought home .the bacon in the pole-valuting contests of which he Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup Had Bad Cold Turned to Bronchitis Miss Vera Schaefer; Waterloo, Ont7 writes—“I was bothered with a very bad cold which turned to bronchitis. I tried several different hinds of medicine, but none seemed to help me until I took Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup. After taking six or seven doses I found the phlegm was brought up easily without any bard coughing, and after taking two and a half bottles my cold was gone, and the bronchitis completely relieved.” Price, 35c a bottle; large family size, 65c, at all drug and general stores; put up only by The T. .Mil*4 burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. was the best in this part of the pro­ vince. Both Amos and Nathan ar© still very much interested and active in promoting good clean sport oi~any- thing pertaining to the best interests of the community in which they re- side. Address & Presentation EDDIE, THE AD MAN KIP CAM TM1BCW A 9UMCH OR MAMDBIU1 UMOEW A SARD amo woeooy Mt9aes wew, ®ur UBT A CARRteR. BOY TRY WITH Wts BATCH OB MBW5- AMD EVERY MTTR0M OM ROUTE WOULD HOUWV*. MORAL* ADVEWrraa WMBft* MDUR AD MtL 0B READ November 5, 1908 Miss Lily Robinson entertained a number of friends Friday evening at the home of Mr. Thos. E. Handford. Relatives and friends in town will regret to hear that Mr. R. Lew. Long of Regina, is confined to the hospit­ al at Winnipeg with fever. A small blaze occurred in the store of Mr. D. Cobbledick, Exeter North, Thursday evening, but the fire was extinguished before the brigade arrived. Mr. Fred Knight, of Orcadia, Sask, arrived here last week, having been called home owing to the illness of his father. Mrs. Jas. Shoebottom and son Russell, of London Township visited for several days during the week with the former’s father Mr. Jas. Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Handford ar­ rived home Sunday from the West where they spent several weeks 'Mr. W. J. Carling with a party from Norwich among whom is hi.s brother-in-law Reg. Eliott, left on Friday evening for the wilds of Mus- koka to enjoy a hunt for deer. Mr. Sidney Sanders is confined to the house through illness. At an adjourned meeting of those interested in the Y. M. C. A. for Ex­ eter the following trustees were elected: E. J. Christie, F. Wickwire, M. Southcott, J. G. Stanbury, Dr. Malloy, S. Bobier and W. IS'. Howey. Mr. and Mrs. sa-muel Stanlake, of Sodom, who have been on a two months’ visit to different parts of the States returned home Friday ev­ ening. 15 YEARS AGO November 7, 1918 Miss Olive Treble tripped and fell the other evening and coming in con­ tact with an obstacle injured her nose quite painfully. Mr. Thos. Clark, of Stephen, has moved with his family into the home recently purchased from Mrs. North- cott on Simcoe Street. Mr. John- Rowe has commenced to move his household effects from his farm in Hay Township to his resi­ dence on Elizabeth street, Exeter. Mr Stewardson, barber, is moving his family here this week from Lu­ can, occupying the house on the cor­ ner of Ann and Carling streets re­ cently vacated by Mr. G. L. Wilson. Mr. George Hicks, of Centralia, has purchased a* threshing separator which he will operate in connection with his tractor. The Minister of Finance is consid­ ering a design for a new one-cent copper coin. The new coin will be slightly larger and slightly thicker than a ten-cent piece. Mr. Frank Mallett Jr., of London, and who formerly lived here, was in the recent London and Pt. Stan­ ley Railway wreck and had his right leg severely injured. Garvey Acheson, has been named successor to Chas. E. Dale, and will occupy the position of storekeeper for the entire Canadian Division of the pere Marquette with offices at St. Thbmas. Last week it was mentioned that a presentation was made to Miss Hazel Earl, bride-elect at the home, of Mr. Ephriam Hern. Miss EutI was presented with a kitchen cabinet, The address was read by Mrs. WaTren Brock and the presen­ tation made by Mrs. Hern. Miss Earl made a very suitable reply and invited the ladies to visit her home Saturday afternoon to view her trousseau. The program consisted of the following: piano solo, Miss L. Dufton; solo Master Harold Hern; piano duet, Misses Mary Earl and Laurene Hern; solo by Hazel Earl; instrumental quartette, Gordon Johnston on the mouth organ, Miss Florence Johnston on the guitar, Mrs Earl Johnston and Mrs. Alf. Brock at the piano. Two contests were enjoyed. After singing “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow” lunch was served. The following is the ad­ dress: October 20, 1933 Dear Hazel,—i We, the Zion ladies have assemb­ led here this afternoon to celebrate and rejoice with you on your ap­ proaching marriage. Great days and great friendships are few in the lives of most of us but we feel that your wedding day—the greatest of all your days—merits a gathering such as this. As you have lived and grown up among us we will ever remember your 'kindly disposition, your win­ some smile, your careful guidance of our little children in the S. School, your charming voice as it carolled so sweetly to us and your faithful unceasing efforts at the piano. We regret more than words can express that it is imperative that you have to leave our church, but we do realize what is our loss is another’s gain. So, we avail ourselves of the opportunity which this happy occa­ sion affords, to assure you of our deep appreciation of your splendid worth to the community and church. We wish to congratulate your hus­ band and extend to you our sincerest wishes for a long united life of hap­ piness and prosperity. We would say in the lines of the poet Edgar Guest: “Life is sweet just because of the friends we have made, And the things in common we share We want to live on, not because ot ourselves, But because of the people who care. It’s giving and doing for somebody else— On that, all life’s splendour depends And the joy of this would when you've summed it all up, Is found in the making of friends. You, Hazel, have made many Zion friends and .have been “giving and doing” for us for several years and now we ask you to accept this kit­ chen cabinet and as you daily use it may it ever remind you of the good­ will and love of the Zion Community Miss Hazel Earl,— Who taught you in Zion S. S., And sat on the piano stool To play church hymns just by the rule. ’Twas Hazel Who always helped with everything And in the choir for years did sing, Until you got a diamond ring 'Twas Hazel - In matrimony, you may sail Your ship, and never meet a gale, Nor out in Whalen, see a whale Dear Hazel We always did enjoy your fun Until that Milne came like a Hun And coaxed you from your friends to run. Oh Hazel We wish you joy thro’ all the years With more of sunshine than of tears And happiness instead of fears. Our Hazel ORGANIST APPOINTED Mr. Henry Urstadt, of Waterloo, has been appointed organist and choirmaster of St. Marys United Church. The salary is seven hun­ dred dollars. For the past 3 months the position has been vacant due to the former organist Mr. Llewelyn re­ turning to England. iSeventy-five applications were received. Boss---“A man is never older than he feels. Now this morning I feel as fresh as a two-year-old.” 'Steno (sweetly)-—“Hprse or egg?’ FAMOUS ENGLISH TRAIN ON VIEW EN ROUTE HOME The famous Royal Scot, express train of the London, Midland and Scottish railway, will soon return to Canada en route to Britain and will visit various towns and cities where opportunity will be given for ■Canadians to inspect this famous flyer as it runs over the lines of the Canadian National Railways from Chicago to Montreal. Arriving at Montreal the train will be dismantl­ ed, loaded on a steamship and re­ turned to Britain. After its visit to Western Canada and western United States points,- the Royal Scot will proceed to Chi­ cago, where it has attracted great attention as an exhibit at the Cen­ tury of Progress Exhibition, over Grand Trunk Western lines to Port Huron where it will be handed over to Canadian National Railways. The stops on the Grand Trunk Western will be made at B'attle Creek, Lans­ ing, Detroit, Flint and Port Huron, The famous train will reach London Ontario, on Tuesday, November 7th and will thereafter be on exhibition at the following towns and cities on the following dates: Stratford, Kitchener, Guelph on November 8, arriving Toronto 1'0:115 p.m. Toronto, November 9, the train being on display from 10 a.m. until 10.00 p.m. Oshawa, Port Hope, Belleville, No­ vember 10. Kingsville, Brookville, November 11, arriving Montreal 9.30 p.jn. The train will be at Bonaventure Station, Montreal, on Sunday, No­ vember 12 and on the following day will be moved to the railway shops fOT dismantling preparatory to load­ ing on steamship. At Montreal the train will be on display from 8.3)0’ a.m. until 9.0iQ p.m. 80TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. A. Johnston, St. Marys, cele­ brated her 80th birthday on Octob­ er 25th and entertained her family and friends to dinner. The birth­ day cake was made by her sister Mrs. C. Howard Bawden, who is 77 years old. TWO DIVORCE CASES BEING TREED AT GODERICH Two divorce actions being heard at the assize court, which is meeting in Goderich this week before Justice Hope. Palmer Irwin is seeking an- nualment of his marriage with his wife, Annie Cameron Irwrn, both re­ siding in Ashfield Township. Plain­ tiff, in his statement of claim, states among other things, that the mar­ riage was never consumated, and that his wife left him without reas­ on. Defendant is contesting the ac­ tion and is claimig alimony. Maurice Webber, of Zurich, seeks a dissolution of his marriage with his wife, Ella, now of London. Cecil Welsh, of London, is named as cor­ respondent. All told, there are nine civil actions listed, four jury and five nonjury. There are no crimin­ al cases and the services of a grand jury have been dispensed with. THE SELF-HEATINC IRON Instantiyi Makes Ironing EASIER — Cuts Ironintj Time One-Third! 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