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BUCKLEY'S Give? You Far
More For Your Money
Buckley’s goes many times ns far as ordinary
cough remedies, because it can be diluted with
water without impairing its marvellous healing
and soothing qualifies, and because only a few
doses are needed to put the most stubborn
cough or cold out of business. Even one sip
of Buckley’s gives unmistakable relief.
That’s why people say, ”If acts like a flash”
-—’’A single sip proves it”.
No dope—r-no sweet sickly syrup—-but a
scientific formula that stops the cough-—heals
and soothes. Play safe. Refuse substitutes.
Buckley’s is sold everywhere.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
Alexander Murray, a former resi
dent of St. Marys, died at the home
of his son in Sarnia last week. Mr.
Murray was a former teamster and
draying contractor in St. Marys. The
remains were brought to the home
of his daughter Mrs. Tamblyn for
interment in St. Marys cemetery.
COLLEGIATE PRIZES
THE EXETER T1MES-APV0CATE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933
LETTER OF APPRECIATIONThe following letters will be read
with interest. The Times-Advocate
would like to make this Letter Box
a permanent feature of the paper. We
welcome letters from any of
readers.
our
FROM SASKATCHEWAN
A subscriber sends the following
interesting letter of conditions.
year is up and time to
subscription.
your part in
If I expect
sending the
I have been
the paper
FROM CALIFORNIA of horses have
Helen Grieve, who with her
and sister Jean and Miss
Miss
parents
Barbara Atkinson are on a trip south
writes to one of her girl friends.
distributed tliro’
thousand dollars
The presentation of certificates,
medals and crests to the winner of
academic honors and championships
in the St. Marys Collegiate Field Day
were presented last week. Mr. J. C.
Stevenson, B.A., made the presenta
tions to the following: Juvenile girls
Edna Arthur; Junior girls, Kath-
Tuer and Ervina Hamilton; senior
girls, Kathleen Teskey; juvenile boys
Allan Andrews; junior boys, Joseph
Haney; intermediate boys, William
Lovegrove; Senior boys, Robert
Intyre.
the
the
was
(Sent to two London Churches from
Dr. Margaret Strang-Savage
“If you could see the relief on
many a .mother’s face and read her
overflowing heart as she leaves this
house with a few articles of clothing
you would feel more than repaid
for any troubles of sacrifice you have
made."
So writes Dr. Margaret Strang-
Savage, from her post at Dixonville,
the Peace River country, Alberta,
where her duties as doctor and mis
sionary under the Presbyterian
Church have expanded until she is
now relief officer.
Dr. Savage, before her marriage
this summer, was Margaret Strang,
whose Ontario home is near Hensail
Her work is followed with keen in
terest by Londoners ana others in
the district.
Recently, Dr. Savage received bales
from two local congrgeations, New
St. James* and Knollwood Park. She
has
both
written in acknowledgment to
congregations.
Me-
25 YEARS AGO
London Letter
part her letter to Rev. James
December 3, 1908
Miss Vera Campbell has engaged
with Mr. R. N. Rowe to learn clerk
ing.
Mr. James Nortlicott, who has
been ill of fever in the west has re
turned to his home here and is re
covering.
Mr. Wm. Bagshaw has ‘returned
from the West where he has spent
the summer.
J. M. Robertson has been re-en
gaged to teach Shipka School for
1908.
John Wein, of Crediton, who has
been working for Matthew Fin'kbein-
er the past six years has decided to
make a change the coming year. On
Friday last the young people of the
concession line gathered at the home
of Mr. Finkbeiner and taking John
completely by surprise presented him
with a handsome gold watch fob as
a mark of their regard for
mutual friend.
Our popular carriage maker,
liam H. Wenzel, Crediton, met
a painful accident on Monday,
was in the act of sawing a small
board with the circular saw when in
some manner his hand came in con
tact with the saw and cut off the
little finger of the. right hand.
Mr. Wm. Abbott, of Centralia, and
family have removed to Clandeboye,
Mr. Abbott is going extensively in
to bee culture.
Miss Swann has been re-engaged
to teach in our public school with
an advance of $150 in salary.
.Samuel Speare, of Cromarty, who
recently returned from the wilds of
Muskoka on a deer hunting exped
ition proved himself equal to the
occasion
mens of
their
Wil-
with
He
by bagging two fine speci-
deer.
fifteen
came to
blessing
Bindloss, Nov. 8, 19133
To the Exeter Tlmes-Advocate
Dear Sir:
Another
renew my
you to do
paper, I must do mine,
fortunate in receiving
regularly and spend many happy
hours reading the news which is
very valuable to me.
We have all been hit pretty hard
here this year with drought and
grasshoppers but we are thankful
for the little they did leave us and
if we had not been up early in
morning they would have had
feed we saved for the cattle,
What was real lucky for us
that we were able to sell 17 head of
Aberdeen Angus cattle in September
which brought us nearly $300. They
were mostly yearlings or
months.
Three cars of vegetables
Bindloss which was a God’s
as so many of the gardens were a
failure. We who were able to pay
got our vegetables first. About half
were sold and the balance given on
relief to those who could not afford
to buy. Potatoes were only 35c. a
bush.; other vegetables lc. a pound.
I think some had more vegetables
than they would had had they grown
them. It was surely lucky .to get
them especially at that price.
It seems we were provided for in
many ways. A box of clothing most
ly children’s going to school was
sent to the Women's Institute from
Warner, Alta., where my cousin lives
Mrs. Thomas McKenzie and a sister
of Mrs. Newton Baker. It was put
in the homes where most needed.
Talking about the Institute I have
read every article that has been
printed about Dr. Margaret Strang-
Savage at our Institute and every
member is as interested as I am to.
hear about her good work. ,§he is a
wonderful person. She has our best
wishes. Wishing you every success
for the coming year, I am
Very sincerely
Mrs. V. J
FROM ENGLAND
.Meade..
recently
a cattle
15 YEARS AGO
December 5, 1918
Mr. Ben Makins has been moving
this week into his residence recently
purchased from Miss Dyer on Carl
ing Stret.
Miss Alice Kedwell, operator at
the Central Telephone office here,
was called to her home in Petrolia
on Tuesday, owing to
ness of her father,
here has been filled
Lawson of Crediton.
Mr. Wm. Kernick, «
Thursday last bought the brick resi
dence of the late George Samuel es
tate, together with, “ 1-2 acres of
■land,
Mr, James Walker, teacher at Co
balt, is home, his school having been
closed until after Christmas.
the severe ill-
The vacancy
by Miss Lucy
of Usborne, on
Mr. Jack Collings who
made a trip to England on
boat writes of his trip.
Dear Friends,—
We arrived at Montreal at two a.m.
•when we hurried around to find' a
room. Up early and on board with
500\head of cattle, so there was
enough to keep us busy. We made
our way to Halifax where we took
on 10,000 barrels of apples, which
took nearly two days. The water be
ing a little rough I lost two meals.
: On the whole seasickness did' not
bother me. Up at 4.30 and prepare
for feeding, which we do twice a
day but we have some spare time in
the evening. As we get up early we
usually turn in at night. We had 2
very rough days, when, during the
night some grain became dislodged
and fell in front of some cattle. One
ate so much it died ana so we had
a burial at sea on Sunday morning.
We docked at Liverpool where un
loading was done but we went to!
Manchester up the canal, a trip we !
enjoyed very much. Have been told |
English weather was mostly rainy.
When we disembarked and got thro’
the customs it Was 11 p.m. and it
was pouring rain and hunting a place
to Stay, wished I was anywhere for a
time, BUt all’s well that ends well
and am very peased to meet friends
and so wish best wishes to one and
all.
Sincerely yours
Jack Gollings
Was So Short of Breath
Could Not Lie Down to Sleep
■Ml
I.
Mrs. P. J. Chemdff, Shoreacres, B.C., writes:—
“I had been so troubled with shortness of breath I
Could not lie down th sleep.
I could not do any, hard work, Or climb the Stairs,
and had such nervous and smothering feelings I
became Very weak.
I tried all kinds Of medicine, but got nd relief
Until I had taken three boxes of Milburn’s Hr & N»
Pills, and since then I hate felt better in every way.”
For said at al! drug and general stores; put up only by
The T. Milburn Co., Litaitcd, Toronto, Ont,
In
MacKay D.D., and New St. Jhmes’
congregation, dated Novmeber 17th,
as follows:
“I wish to acknowledge with kind
est thanks and appreciation the re
ceipt of the barrel and box of fruit
and the bales of clothing. The fruit
came some time ago and I delayed
this letter till the bales should come
also. Only after you had all been
here for months and hungering for a
taste of Ontario fruit could you ap
preciate how enjoyable those jars
and jars of the choicest could be.
There was only one jar of grape jam
broken—the others came through in
perfect condition.
“The bales lay in Grimshaw for
almost a week before I had a chance
to freight them out to Dixonville.
The snow became so deep that trucks
stopped running and there wasn’t a
car of any description for us to use
around Dixonville. We sent in the
order with a grain team from Battle
River and a little Englishman
brought it out two days later.
“As you thought, we had to take
it apart
most of the next morning sorting it
out and
not tell
stock of your contribution,
rather heart-breaking to see so much
need and not have the means to fill
it, but I know this bale will do a
great deal toward easing the worst
wants in many homes.
to get it inside and spent
noting the contents. I can-
you with what relief I took
It is
Relief Work
“One of the biggest, or rather the
biggest item in the whole work this
fall has been relief clothing. My 10
by 12 storehouse is used more than
the dispensary though it is not idle
by any means.
“Our winter came early, snow on
October 29, which has stayed and
become ever deeper till a week ago
when it began to thaw again. The
weather has not been severely cold,
but we have required®winter cloth
ing to go out in it. There is still
a great deal of threshing to be done
grain standing in the fields and
frozen at that. Much of it will only
make feed.
“A man applied for clothing for a
boy he met while out threshing. The
lad had no mother and all he had
to wear was a pair of overalls, a rag-
, ged shirt and a worn pair of rubber
I boots—no mitts, no socks, no jacket
no cap, no underwear. So I sent him
a bundle at once. There are others
—and the school children without
overshoes, mitts or proper socks. If
you could see the relief on many a
mother’s face and could read her
overflowing heart as she leaves this
house with a few articles of cloth
ing. you would feel more than repaid
for any trouble or sacrifice you have
made.
Share Clothing
'The folks here share what they
Coats, dresses, etc., that
not
HI
have too.
the children outgrow but do
Outwear, come in to me to be hand
ed out wherever they’ll fit. (Some
times a man’s overcoat comes in that
way.
‘‘Some of the new articles we will
save if we can for the Christmas
trees. The Christmas season is
drawing near and how the little folk
especially do look forward th It. The
school teacher at Dikonville is go
ing to take charge of the program
and they have started practicing al
ready to the kiddies great delight, j
•Safford, Arizona,
Nov. 15, 1933
Dear Marion and Velma,—
How is everything with you? I
hope you are not frozen up in Cana
da. It Is 87 degrees were and most
people have their summer clothes on.
I told Elaine we would tell you
about the museum which we visited.
The people were 600e years old. Jim
White was the man* who discovered
them. They were mumified, He
found a man about *5 ft. eight “when
he was stretched out, When Jim
went into the cave where he found
the iman he was sitting in the coner
with the heads of five men sitting
in baskets around him. The men
who told us about it said they
thought he would live again and that
these five men were supposed to be
his guides. These people were call
ed the basket workers. They came
before the cave dwellers and the cave
dwellers came before the Indians.
The way they can tell this is because
when you dig down into the earth
you find the arrow heads and the
things the Indians use. Then dig
down further and they came to the
pottery which the cave dwellers
made. Then they came to the bas
ket makers work. These people
didn’t have weapons and are said to
have been the best of friends with
animals so they didn’t need weapons
against the animals and they hadn’t
no enemies.
On
vern.
thing
went
winding path down into it.
path wandered for two imiles down.
The cavern, was discovered by the
same man who discovered the mum
my Jim White. This is the nicest
place I have ever seen. There were
icicles from the ceiling that are call
ed stalagtite and the ones that came
from the ground were called stalag
mite. There are many rooms, and
some are called the King’s room, the
queen’s room, the big room and the
dining room. The big room was
wonderful. There was taffy hill in
it and the rock of ages. The guides
sang “Rock of Ages" when all the
lights were out and then they turn
ed the lights on. It was
grand. We went down at
and came up at four.
Here we are on the road
We just left Pheonix this morning
We want to be in San Diego to-mor
row morning. We want to cross
the Yuma Desert today. If you want
to look it up on the map it is in the
south west corner of Arizona.
When we went into Mexico^
went to a mission where the people
had to confess to a priest and the
women had to kneel sometimes as
long as half a day. The men are
never punished. ' I never saw such
a place. The men sit around in
parks and the children just roam
streets.
Monday we went into the ca-
This is the most woderful
of its kind in tne world. We
into a huge black hole with a
This
simply
10.30
again.
we
HELEN
the
the
DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF CAR
of
of
o,f
Alameda, Sas'k,, 2O-11-’I3,3
Rev. J. H. iStainton,
Exeter, Ontario
Dear Sir,—
This is to thank you on behalf
my congregations and the people
this community for the carload
vegetables and fruit which so kind
ly sent to us. The mayor, myself
and the clerk of the town and muni
cipality acted as a committee which
was extended to include men in dif
ferent part of the area to be covered
A car committee was also appointed.
Notice was sent out when the car
was expected and all were asked to
make application in writing or over
the phone, stating on that applica
tion what vegetables they had if any
and what they needed most.
When the car came it .was unload
ed and contents taken to a hall In
town and an inventory taken o.f the
whole. That same evening the com
mittee met and decided how it was
to be distributed.
The applicants were divided into
three classes. Class A were widows
or families with small children.
Class B were needy families with no
children, C bachelors, contents of
car was apportioned to these classes
in the ratio of 3-2-1.
The next day presented a sight not
soon forgotten. A committee was
sent to the hall and only two appli
cants were allowed in the hall at one
time. Each was given a slip bearing
his allotment which
committeeman.
Two hundred and
were supplied—the
getting the largest
of these farmers had put down no
fruit whatever, some had no vege
tables. One man got up four o’clock
in the morning and started tor
town with his wife a distance >0f six
teen miles on a cold raw day, They
had no vegetables at all and had a
large family of children. He was
given a generous helping although
he hadn’t sent in an application.
Some of these people hadn’t had any
fruit for several years.
We’ve been severely stricken here
-—three years of failure and one of
poor crop. This year we had
drought and grasshoppers by the bil
lion. Many of the people are re
duced to dire want, Horses are so
poor that little work can be done
he handed to a
four applicants
most deserving
helping. Many
CHEA?
MANTI#,
»
we will give that to the minis-
I took it, of course, hut prom-
to divide it up with the sick
which we are doing. The light
and large numbers
died.
Two years ago I
this area about six
worth of clothing—also a contribu
tion from the East, The hoppers
have laid their eggs again in this
whole country side and the prospects
for next year are not at all promis
ing but of course we don’t want tp
dwell on that,
Many of the people here are from
Ontario, and they are proud of you,
they lighten up with a most winning
smile whenever I mention this great
gift of yours. 'Some of them never
saw Ontario; and some are new Can
adians and have come to idolize you
people in their hearts. The boys
and girls and young people who have
never seen anything but the prairie
think Ontario must be a wonderful
country, my own boy, prairie born is
very anxious to see that country
where all these good things come
from.
We made no difference as to de
nominational or racial lines, alllf who
needed got help, but any special cas
es amongst our own people of course
I had full knowledge of and saw that
the need was met.
There was one tin of mapifc syrup
and I asked the committee what they
were going to do with it. The answer
was
ter.
ised
ones
of appreciation which suffuses the
countenance as we share this delicacy
is ample reward.
This is a great thing you have
done. I wish I could tell you how
much we appreciate It, and it has
bound the East to the West more
than all the political parties could
have done in a generation. Nay, they
couldn’t do it at all to be so effect
ive. It is that which springs out of
the heart that 'has still the greatest
drawing and binding power.
Cur church work has been hit very
hard to be made all along the line,
but our men are made of great stuff,
and they are standing by courageous
ly, but feeling the pinch and I have
reason to believe this pinch is be
ginning to cause a little irritation.
You don’t wonder do you!
Locally we have fal'Ken from 2100
a year to a level far below the min
imum. In the yeai’ 19 29 and 1930
we raised $939 for M. & M. now it is
about the one hundred mark and we
may not get that this year. Yet we
have not applied for a grant or re
lief.
The spirit of the people themselves
is remarkable. Most of them are a
brave lot. I admire their wonder
ful spirit and fortitude.
There have been times when as a
minister I have been puzzled and
have found it difficult to find some
thing to say in the face of all this
but as' I told the Presbytery some
time ago that if I had to go down I
would go down facing the elements
that' seemed so cruel and sometimes
savage—I would go down with the
fl(ag up.
This is a long letter but
you would like to know
about the conditions,
rosy you will admit but
people so courageous and with such
infinite patience we hope to pulj
through and see better days yet.
Thank your people from the heart
for me. It is not only a wonderful
thing they have done but a beautiful
thing—the beauty of kindliness. It
is a real expression of Christian fel
lowship which is the greatest force
in the world for good.
Yours very sincerely,
F. G. Purchase,
Minister United Church
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extent of the electoral battle
Marys this year has been ve
to electing a member for the
Utilities Commission. The
The
in St.
duced
Public
Town Council, and the Public School
Board were elected by acclamation
Commissioner Harry Bonis was dis
qualified from sitting upon the
Commission because he is already an
active member of the Public Library
Board. The ratepayers will vote
upon H- C. Fischer and Willard
Stevens who are contesting the elec
tion.
JOHN CAMPION
I thought
a little
It is not very
with a
RISKS HIS LIFE IN
CAUSE OF SCIENCE
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Nov. 28—Dr. A.
Blair, Canadian member of .the med
ical faculty at the University of Ala
bama, who recently allowed a ‘black
widow’ spider to bite him in the in
terest of science, has .now fully re
covered, and plans to continue his
experiments.
For many years scientists have
wondered whether the ‘black widow’
was poisonous to human beings. The
thirty-three-y6ars-old Canadian says
it is, and in order to prove it let one
of the insects bite him,
Dr. Blair, after letting the spider
pierce his fingertip ,said he felt a
sharp pain in the hand, which later
spread as far as his shoulder. A-
few moments later he was seized
with abdominal cramps. His blood
pressure sank rapidly, and for two
days he was in intense pain. Altho’
in agony he refused opiates, so that
his heart reactions might be noted.
His reactions were recorded on the
hospital cordiagraph.
Dr. Blaix’ is associate professor of
pathology and bacteriology at the
University Schoo] of Medicine. Tus
caloosa, and has been studying spid
ers for the past eighteen months.
Dr. Blair is now Well enough to
play tennis at the university where
he holds the faculty championship.
He was born at Brussels Ont. In 1900
and twelve years later moved, with
his parents, to Regina, where he
graduated from the University of
Saskatchewan. Mrs. Blair Is also a
graduate of the Western University,
News of the death of John Cam
pion which occurred at his home in
Goderich was learned with deep re
gret. Mr. Campion was taken ser
iously ill six weeks ago with an at
tack of pneumonia. Deceased was
born in Goderich fifty four years,
ago. As a young man he entered
the Imperial Bank and later was as
sistant superintendent of the bank
in Northern Ontario. Three years
ago he retired in Goderich. He
leaves his widowed mother and two
brothers.
TRAFFORD CAMPBELL
The death of Trafford Campbell
of East Williams has removed one
of the best known and most ,highly
respected residents of that part of
the country. Mr. Campbell was a
most successful farmer, and until a
few years ago, when his eyesight
was afflicted, he took an active in
terest in the affairs of the commun
ity in the council. He is survived by
his wife, two sons and two daugh
ters.
STANSBURY—DUCHARME
A pretty wedding took place on
Saturday morning last at Drysdale
Roman Catholic Church when Miss
Alphonsine Ducharme, or the Blue
Water Highway, became the bride
of Scholaris Stansbury, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Stansbury, of Detroit
Father Marchand officiated. The
bride was becomingly gowned in
white satin with veil. She was at
tended by her cousin, Miss Alvina
Denomme, as bridesmaid. The groom
was attended by Ozilla Ducharme,
brother of
music was
Gelinas.
Following
were entertained at the home
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
bury will reside in Detroit.
the bride. The wedding
played by Miss
the ceremony the
SAWN OF A GUN
I cranka da car,
Bawt she won’t run
Thees automobile
She’s a sawn
Shes stop in
Of da street
I look ill
But shesa
I push da
Shake da
Knocka da brake,
Da horn I feet.
I took in da tank,
What I see-*—yas!
Sawn of a. gun!
Shesa outa da gas!
Mary
guests
of the
Stans-
of a gun
da middle
upa town,
carbureter,
drown
da
no
clutch,
wheel,